Islamabad Bar Council, candidates backed by Bhoon-Tarar group won three out of five seats
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI/QUETTA:
Preliminary results of the Punjab Bar Council elections show a clear advantage for the pro-government group Ahsan Bhoon-Azam Nazeer Tarar.
In the Islamabad Bar Council, candidates backed by the Bhoon-Tarar group won three of five seats, while the Hamid Khan group got one and an independent candidate claimed another.
From the Bhoon group, Abdul Rehman Hur Bajwa topped the list with 1,369 votes, followed by Aalim Abbasi with 1,351 votes, Hafeezullah Yaqoob with 1,295, Zafar Khokhar with 1,288 and Asif Irfan with 1,126 votes.
Hafeezullah Yaqoob of the Hamid Khan group was also elected to the bar council, while Zafar Khokhar won as an independent.
Preliminary results for five seats were announced in Rawalpindi, with Imran Khan’s lawyer Faisal Mahmood among the winners. PTI-backed candidates won three of the five seats.
Malik Fakhar Hayat won the first position with 2,927 votes, followed by Hassan Abbas Hamdani (2,022 votes), Faisal Malik (1,730), Shahid Mahmood Abbasi (1,738) and Chaudhry Qaiser Mushtaq (1,689 votes).
In Lahore, elections for 75 seats witnessed a very close contest. More than 132,300 lawyers exercised their right to vote at 52 polling stations located throughout the city.
In the Balochistan Bar Council elections, the Professional Panel won three seats. Lawyer Khalid Mehmood from Khuzdar was elected with 87 votes, defeating lawyer Zahoor Ahmed who received 43.
From Makran, Lasbela and Hub, Jareen Dashti Advocate won with 163 votes, while Ayaz Mandokhel prevailed in Loralai by a margin of 56 votes, and Rahib Buleidi Advocate won from Naseerabad.
In Sindh, Law Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar Advocate, Karachi Bar Association President Amir Nawaz Warraich and Naeem Qureshi were among the winners of the Sindh Bar Council elections.
