KARACHI: Progressive Panel on Saturday swept the 2020-21 elections of Karachi Union of Journalists (Barna Group).

Nizamuddin Siddiqui from Dawn was elected as KUJ president, while Faheem Siddiqui from Geo TV was already elected unopposed as general secretary.

According to the results announced by Chairman of the Election Committee Ibne Hassan, Aijaz Shaikh was elected as senior vice president, Javed Qureshi as vice president, Ghulam Qadir Zia as senior joint secretary, M. Younus Afridi as joint secretary and Liaquat Ali Rana as treasurer. M. Azhar, M. Tariq Javed, Qaiser Abbas, Rana M. Tahir, Riaz Sohail, Rizwan Ahmed Khan and Sumaira Jajja were elected as members of the executive council.

The turnout remained more than 50 per cent of total registered votes.

Published in Dawn, November 1st, 2020