By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The Unity Panel, led by Ehsan Ali Qureshi, swept the
elections 2013-14 of APP Employee's Union (CBA) Sindh, held on April
24. The APP employees from Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas and
Nawabshah cast their votes in the elections.
A senior journalist and a former Joint Secretary of the
Karachi Press Club, Ehsan Qureshi, was elected President while Abdul Sattar
Qureshi, a senior IT Engineer at Hyderabad Bureau, and Arshad Ahmed Khan, a
reporter, were elected as General Secretary and Vice-President of the Union
respectively.
Mohammad Anwar (Joint Secretary), Syed Fahim Haider (Treasurer) and Mohammad
Siddiq (Press Secretary) won their respective seats as the Unity Panel bagged
as many as 13 slots out of 14.
The eight-member Governing Body was also elected and it comprised of Mohammad
Toheed Siddiqi, Mohammad Saleem Qadir, Syed Abbas Mehdi, Mohammad Zahid, Farhan
Khan, Mashooq Ali Chandio, Shoaib Qamar and Mohammad Saleem. All of them
contested the elections from the platform of the Unity Panel.
The elections were conducted by a two-member election committee featuring
Sattar Javed and Kafeel Ahmed in Karachi and they were assisted by senior
journalist Yaseen Rahi at APP's Hyderabad Bureau.
Addressing the employees, the President-elect, Ehsan Qureshi, congratulated the
members on the revival of the union and said the newly elected body will
protect their genuine grievances and rights across the Sindh province.
He recognized the younger lot of elected members for their dedication and
spirit in the revival of the union and thanked everyone for reposing their
confidence in the newly elected body.
