The PIAF-Founders Alliance Wednesday made another clean sweep by winning all the seven seats of LCCI Associate Class for year 2011-12, paving the way for the Alliance to have its president, senior vice president and vice president.
Total 1223 votes were polled out of 5047 while 27 votes were rejected due to technical reasons. PIAF-Founder Alliance got 760 panel votes while the rivals Azad Group secured only 207 panel votes. The PIAF-Founders Alliance candidates Irfan Qaiser Sheikh got 885, Aftab Ahmad Vohra 858, Khamis Saeed 871, Nasir Saeed 845, Amjad Chaudhry 859, Zeeshan Khalil 861 and Waqar Ahmad Mian 893.
Azad Group candidates Raja Hassan Akhtar got 300, Mohammad Nawaz 288, Sahibzada Ahmed Rasoon Mian 276, Mohammad Manzoor Butt 289, Mohammad Ijaz 291, Mohammad Azeem 257 and Gull Maan 227.
Election Commission comprising Nadir Kamal Osman, Shafqat Saeed Piracha and Asim Qadri announced the provisional results. Soon after the announcement of panel vote results, the LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik, Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad and Vice President Sohail Azhar thanked the voters for reposing confidence in PIAF-Founders Alliance. They said that the number of votes cast in favour of the PIAF-Founders Alliance was enough to prove that the business community was with the Alliance. They paid rich tributes to the Leadership of the Alliance for putting in their all energies to ensure a comfortable victory. They said that all efforts would be made to facilitate the members of LCCI for smooth functioning of their businesses.
The Annual General meeting will be held on September 30 wherein Final results of elections will be announced and approval of accounts will be sought. New office-bearers will assume the charge of their offices on October 1.
president promises to address concerns
Lahore: PIAF-Founders Alliance has nominated Irfan Qaiser Sheikh President LCCI for the year 2011-12, Kashif Younas Mehar Senior Vice President and Saeeda Nazar Vice President. The nominated office-bearers will file their formal nominations on September 26 while assume the charge of their offices on October 01 after Annual General Meeting scheduled for September 30. After his nomination, Irfan Qaiser Sheikh thanked the leadership of PIAF-Founders Alliance for nominating him as president and assured the business community of Lahore that he would leave no stone unturned to solve the issues being faced the trade and industry. STAFF REPORT
