KARACHI: PACC office-bearers

Published December 25, 2002

KARACHI, Dec 24: The election for governing board of the Pakistan American Cultural Centre was held recently, in which Sabir Banatwala was elected as president, a PACC press release said.

The following office-bearers were also elected: Philip de Hart (senior vice-president), Ms Rahmat Tariq Hashmi (vice-president) and Moiz Hussain Tahir (treasurer).

Members: Ms Fleur Cowan, Lonnie Kelly Jnr, Gregory Hedger, Patricia Moore, Akhtar K. Alvi, Capt Javed Islam, Jehangir Parvez, Akhtar Aleem Syed, Gul Bahar Khan, and Anwer Mooraj (executive director).

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