ISLAMABAD - Rawalpindi Islamabad Photo Journalists Association (RIPJA) elected its new executive body for the session 2021-22 here. Sohail Malik retained his president portfolio and Javed Qureshi was elected as secretary. Photo Journalists Panel led by Dr. Mushtaq and Humara Panel led by Sohail Malik participated in the polls. The polling started at 11am and ended at 4:45pm at National Press Club Islamabad. The polling process remained peaceful.
According to the results announced by election committee headed by Faisal Hakeem, 90 members cast their respective votes out of total120 votes. The vote casting ratio remained 72 per cent. Sohail Malik secured 75 votes while his Dr. Mushtaq got 12 votes. For the position of secretary, Javed Qureshi defeated Waseem Nazir by securing 66 votes against 21. Shahid Qureshi was elected as finance secretary with 66 votes against Irfan Haider who got 18 votes.
While senior vice president Haneef Khattak, vice presidents Muhammad Javed and Wahab Saleem, joint secretary Syed Mehdi and press secretary Sajid Khan were elected unopposed.
Agha Mehroz (70), Naveed Anjum (70), Arif Shaikh (70), Raja Imran (69), Syed Fateh Ali (68), Yasir Mirza (66), and Pervez Mughal (57) were declared successful on seven seats of the governing body.