RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: Syed Qalb-e-Hussain a candidate of Asma Jehangir group, on Thursday elected to the highly coveted post of president, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) after a tough contest and defeated the Professional Group (Hamid Khan’s panel) candidate Shoaib Shaheen.

However, Shamim-ur-Rehman of Hamid Khan group was elected to the post of SCBA general secretary. He has defeated Ahmed Shehzad Farooq Rana from Asma Group.

A total of 3,162 voters will cast their votes to elect their 22-member body whereas the number of registered voters at Lahore Registry is 1299, while the Karachi registry has 504. In Islamabad, there are 484 registered votes while Peshawar has 280 votes. Quetta, Bahawalpur and Multan have 196, 89 and 203 registered votes respectively.