SJAS elects new office bearers
03/10/2015
Karachi: The Sports Journalists Association Sindh (SJAS) has elects it's new office bearers for next term, elections were held at Karachi Press Club on Saturday, 3rd October 2015 under the observation of an independent election committee headed by Syed Sajid Aziz and member Rizwan Bhatti.
Turn out in election was so nice 50 members cast their votes out of 59 while three voters were out of city, two votes were declared as rejected.
As per results United panel won 18 seats out of 20 and the "Founder panel" won two seats.
According to results Mr Tariq Aslam (Daily Nai Baat) elected unopposed as President while Zubair Nazir Khan also got Senior vice president post on the same way.
Shahid Ali Khan (daily Awam) and Mr Ubaid ur Rehman Awan (Samaa News) got 29 each votes and elected as vice presidents, 3rd candidate on this post Mr Tariq Hussain (Daily Dunya) obtained 27.
Irshad Ali (Aaj TV) takes over as Treasurer he bags 31 while his opponent Mr Faizan Lakhani (Geo News) earned 15 votes, Umer Shaheen (Daily Jehan Pakistan) got 28 for the post of Joint Secretary while Abdul Ghaffar (Dawn News TV) got 18, Mr Zahid Ghaffar (Neo TV) got elected as information Secretary (34 votes) his opponent Maqsood Ahmed (Daily Jasarat) bags 13.
Members Executive Committee and their votes as under.
1, Riazuddin (Akhbar-e-Jahan) (44)
2, Ishaq Baloch (Daily Nawa-e-Waqt) (43)
3, Javed Iqbal (Aaj TV News) (40)
4, Mehmood Riaz (Chanel 92) (40)
5, Mohsin Raza (Abb Tak News) (40)
6, Ibadullah Khan (Dunya News) (37)
7, Mansoor Ali baig (Daily Dunya) (37)
8, Shahzeb Baig (Daily Dunya) (37)
9, Sardar Khan (Metro one TV) (35)
10, Hasnain Anwar (Daily Express) (34)
11, Sajjad Khan ( Samaa News) (32)
12, Shahid Satti (Daily Watan, Gujrati) (31)
On behalf of the Sindh Tenpin Bowling Association, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the newly elected body of Sports Journalists Association of Sindh (SJAS) announced on 3rd October 2015 for their success in elections.
The dedication of the victorious journalist will strengthen the sports in Pakistan through promotion and advocacy. We are glad to express our gratitude toward Mr Tariq Aslam (President), Zubair Nazir Khan (Senior Vice President), Mr. Shahid Ali Khani (Vice President), Mr Ubaid ur Rehman Awan (Vice President), M.Asghar (General Secretary), Umer Shaheen (Joint Secretary), Irshad Ali (Treasurer), Zahid Ghaffar (Information Secretary) and members of managing Committee.
for their accomplishment in election and we hopes for persistent collaboration
of media with sports in future to bring new and emerging sports on front and
help in generating stars to glorify the nation.
Together, we’ll build towards a better Society and Culture. By promoting such sports with same spirit and pace will help in sustaining the image of Sports as “Icon of Pakistan”.