Yaseen Azad is leading in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections, according to television channels.
Yaseen Azad and Rasheed A Rizvi are in the run for the position of SCBA President. Polling took place today (Saturday) from 9 am to 5 pm. About 2240 members of SCBA casted their votes.
The People’s Lawyers Forum, the lawyer wing of the PPP and incumbent SCBA President Asma Jehangir are supporting Yasin Azad whereas Rizvi is a candidate of Hamid Khan-led Professional Group. Former SCBA presidents Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, also a PPP leader, and Qazi Muhammad Anwar have announced their support for Rizvi.
Nine polling stations were established across the country. The SCBA members casted votes in Lahore, Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, Multan, Karachi, Bahawalpur, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Quetta and Sukhur.