Independent Group wins top slot in LHCBA polls
Tahir Nasrullah Warraich grabbed 5,900 votes, while Maqsood Buttar secured 3,971 votes
Scale of justice. PHOTO: REUTERS
LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) polls for the year 2020-21 concluded with late Asma Jahangir’s Independent Group clinching the presidential slot after defeating Hamid Khan’s Professional Group.
Independent Group’s Advocate Tahir Nasrullah Warraich grabbed 5,900 votes, while Professional Group’s Maqsood Buttar secured 3,971 votes. A total of 16 candidates contested for the four seats in LHCBA elections, while a tough contest was witnessed for positions of the president and the secretary.
Barrister Saeed Hassan Nagar was elected as the vice president. He defeated Mudassar Abbas, Muhammad Ayoub Khan and Touseef Khalid Khatana by bagging 5,739 votes.
Haroon Dogal grabbed the secretary’s position after defeating Danyal Ijaz and Akhtar Paada. He secured 6,277 votes. Six candidates contested for finance secretary’s position. Zishan Solehria clinched the slot by grabbing 3,560 votes.
Around 19,665 eligible lawyers had the right to exercise their vote through biometric system but only 10,543 voters cast their ballots. The legal fraternity believed it was not polls but a traditional festival for them which they observed with great enthusiasm and in a democratic manner.
Raising slogans, different groups of lawyers displayed badges of their favourite candidates and seemed convincing the voters at the entrance points of the LHC to cast ballot for their preferred nominees.
Among prominent figures were PPP’s Aitzaz Ahsan, PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah and JI’s Fareed Paracha who had come to cast their votes. As the results were announced, the lawyers performed bhangra on drumbeats, garlanded the winning candidates and lifted them on their shoulders. The winning candidates thanked their supporters and vowed to work for betterment of the lawyers’ community.
The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) polls for the year 2020-21 concluded with late Asma Jahangir’s Independent Group clinching the presidential slot after defeating Hamid Khan’s Professional Group.
Independent Group’s Advocate Tahir Nasrullah Warraich grabbed 5,900 votes, while Professional Group’s Maqsood Buttar secured 3,971 votes. A total of 16 candidates contested for the four seats in LHCBA elections, while a tough contest was witnessed for positions of the president and the secretary.
Barrister Saeed Hassan Nagar was elected as the vice president. He defeated Mudassar Abbas, Muhammad Ayoub Khan and Touseef Khalid Khatana by bagging 5,739 votes.
Haroon Dogal grabbed the secretary’s position after defeating Danyal Ijaz and Akhtar Paada. He secured 6,277 votes. Six candidates contested for finance secretary’s position. Zishan Solehria clinched the slot by grabbing 3,560 votes.
Around 19,665 eligible lawyers had the right to exercise their vote through biometric system but only 10,543 voters cast their ballots. The legal fraternity believed it was not polls but a traditional festival for them which they observed with great enthusiasm and in a democratic manner.
Raising slogans, different groups of lawyers displayed badges of their favourite candidates and seemed convincing the voters at the entrance points of the LHC to cast ballot for their preferred nominees.
Among prominent figures were PPP’s Aitzaz Ahsan, PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah and JI’s Fareed Paracha who had come to cast their votes. As the results were announced, the lawyers performed bhangra on drumbeats, garlanded the winning candidates and lifted them on their shoulders. The winning candidates thanked their supporters and vowed to work for betterment of the lawyers’ community.