Kashmir Journalists Forum(KJF) Rawalpindi/Islamabad elections

SLAMABAD, January 24, 2010
 Progressive Panel led by Sardar Abid Khurshid swept elections of Kashmir Journalists Forum, representing Kashmir journalist of all parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Chairman of Election Committee, Sardar Ashiq Hussain announced the final results of elections. The polling ratio was 85.23 percent and over 175 journalists including Bashir Hussain, Raja Asghar, Mushtaq Minhas cast their vote. Abid Khursheed of progressive panel got 113 votes and elected as president  for two years while Muqaddar Hussain Shah gained 112 votes and elected as senior vice president. Ghulam Ullah Kiyani elected as Vice President by obtaining 120 votes the highest. Zahid Abbasi got 117 votes and elected as General Sectary , Ashfaq Ahmed Ashfaq Ahmed (Urdu: اشفاق احمد) (August 22, 1925 - September 7, 2004), was a distinguished writer, playwright, broadcaster, intellectual and spiritualist from Pakistan.
..... Click the link for more information. Mughal got 84 votes and elected as Joint Sectary, Arif Chaudhry with 117 elected as Organizer while Umar Farooq with 116 votes elected as Deputy Organizer. Progressive Panel also won seven seats of Governing Body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he
..... Click the link for more information.. Anjum Aqeel gained 112 votes, Shehzad Gul 109, Sardar Qamar Nadeem 109, Sardar Ibrar 108, Akhlaq Khan 96, Hasan Hayat 89, and Muhammad Attiq obtained 87 votes. After counting of votes a ceremony was held between night of Saturday and Sunday at Press club Rawalpindi in which chairman election Sardar Ashiq Hussain announced the results. At this occasion, president Islamabad Press club Afzal butt congratulated newly elected members, election committee and journalist panel for successfully organizing the election. He said that Kashmiri journalists should work to raise Kashmir dispute in media effectively. Newly elected President Abid Khursheed said that he would take several steps to give scholarships to members of forum in educational institutes in order to promote their professional efficiency. He said that a high level coordination organization would be established under the supervision of Raja Bashir Usmani. Former president Shaukat Malik also announced to prepare a website of forum. Presidential candidate of journalist Panel Bashir Usmani congratulated Abid Khursheed and his panel and said that both groups of Kashmir journalist forum are united and there are no differences between them. Both groups accepted the election results and vowed to work together. Newly elected sectary general Zahid Abbasi, chairman organizing committee for election Abdul Shakoor Khan, member election committee Aziz Malik and others also addressed on the occasion.