Pakistan: Thirty-one KCCA zonal officials elected unopposed (14 Aug 1998)

14 August 1998

Thirty-one KCCA zonal officials elected unopposed

By Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, Aug 13: As many as 31 of a maximum 35 posts of the seven zones of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) were elected unopposed for the next three-year term on Thursday after the withdrawal of various candidates ahead of the zonal polls, scheduled for Aug 16 (Sunday).

While releasing the names of the elected office-bearers of the seven zones of the KCCA, chairman of the Election Committee, Prof Hashma-tullah Lodhi, said that altogether 81 nomination papers were issued for the posts of chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, joint secretary and treasurer for each zonal office, and out of which 44 nomination papers were returned to the committee for the remaining five posts.

Prof Lodhi added that five contestants withdrew their candidatures while one nomination paper was rejected for late submission.

Interestingly, 16 new faces were elected unopposed, including all five from Zone-II. The remaining 11 are Laiquddin and Mahmood Anwar of Zone-I, Raziq Hussain Rabbani and Aziz Noor Mohammad of Zone-III, Asim Jamil of Zone-IV, Khalid Nafees, Saeed Jabbar, Hasan Abbas Abedi and Riazul Hasan of Zone-V, Salman Ahmed of Zone-VI and Imran Sibtain and Ashraf Ali Hashmi of Zone-VII.

The tussle for the remaining four posts throws up Musarrat Raza against Amjad Ali for the vice-chairman of Zone-IV. Likewise, Razi Ahmed Malik is up against Sadiq Shaikh for Zone-VI's vice-chairmanship.

Mohammad Akram Khan, the sitting Zone-VI secretary, is pitted against Shamsur Rehman while Azam Khan is contesting against Mohammad Zada for the joint secretary's post of the same zone.

The balloting for the remaining posts in the two zones will be held between 2.30 p.m to 5.30 p.m, on Sunday.

Apart from Prof Lodhi, the KCCA Election Committee includes Rafat Hussain and Abrar Ahmed as members with Sarwar Mohammad Khan as the secretary.

Umar Siddiqui (chairman, Shahab Kirmani (vice-chairman), Aftab Ahmed (secretary), Laiquddin (joint secretary) and Mahmood Anwar (treasurer).

Badar Jaffery (chairman), Nawab Hussain (vice-chairman), Zubair Muhammadi (secretary), Jamil Ahmed (joint secretary) and Afzal Sherry (treasurer).

S.M. Inam (chairman), Raziq Hussain Rabbani (vice-chairman), Hameed Khatri (secretary), Siraj Palla (joint secretary) and Aziz Noor Mohammad (treasurer).

S.M. Adil (chairman), Intizar Ahmed (secretary), Shakeel Siddiqui (joint secretary) and Asim Jamil (treasurer).

S.M.I. Bukhari (chairman), Khalid Nafees (vice-chairman), Saeed Jabbar (secretary), Hasan Abbas Abedi (joint secretary) and Riazul Hasan (treasurer).

Haji Iftikhar Ahmed (chairman) and Salman Ahmed (treasurer).

M.M. Baig (chairman), Ghulam Waaris (vice-chairman), Sarwar Hussain Khan (secretary), Imran Sibtain (joint secretary) and Ashraf Ali Hashmi (treasurer).

Source:: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)