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MQM sponsored Shahr-e-Quaid Panel looses Karachi Arts Council elections

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  1. d0ct0r
    Member


    Ahmed Shah panel sweeps Arts Council’s polls

    Despite all efforts and vocal speeches, famous actor Omar Sharif and his team representing Shahr-e-Quaid Panel (SQP) cut a poor figure and instead all the nominated representatives of Ahmad Shah-Ejaz Faroqui Panel (ASEFP) won the elections of Arts Council of Pakistan (Karachi) by securing more than 70 per cent votes over the SQP candidates.

    Muhammad Ahmad Shah secured 2001 votes to be elected as President against his rival Omar Sharif who managed 1064 votes. Prof Ejaz Faruqi was elected as Secretary by receiving 1995 votes against his opponent Syed Azfar Rizvi of SQP who secured 1010 votes.

    Mehmood Ahmed Khan of ASEFP was elected as Vice President (1700 votes) against his opponent Rizwan Siddiqui (1099 votes). ASEFP’s Muhammad Amin Yousuf secured 1903 votes and elected as Joint Secretary against his rival Khalid Arain (1130 votes).

    Dr Huma Mir of ASEFP won the Treasurer’s slot by securing 1645 votes. Her rival Najmuddin Shaikh received 1418 votes.

    Similarly, all the ASEFP candidates won the governing body seats. They are: Prof Sahar Ansari (2054 votes), Fatima Surria Bajia (2044 votes), Shehnaz Siddiqui (1890 votes), Farhad Zaidi (1889 votes), Dr Qaiser Sajid (1887 votes), Athar Waqar Azeem (1867 votes), Qudsia Akbar (1835 votes), Naqqash Kazimi (1811 votes), Majeed Abadani (1772), Iqbal Latif (1761 votes) and Sa’adat Jafferey (1714 votes).

    Meanwhile, Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan congratulated the newly-elected President of Arts Council Muhammad Ahmad Shah and hoped that he and other office-bearers and the governing body members would work for the betterment of the Arts Council members as well as for the promotion of arts and culture in the city.

    Besides, various city writers and artists including Shahid Hameed, Mukhtar Haider, Jazib Qureshi, Abdul Haie, Ahsan Saleem, Dr Manzoorul Hasan, Zafar Mehmood, Chitra Pretam, Sadiqa Fatimi, Ameen Qasimani, Aneel Chaudhri, Ghalib Baqar, Mazhar Hussain, Abdul Hameed, Abbas Commander and Qamar Afzal Qamar greeted the newly elected body and expressed the hope that they would take care of the interests of all the members of Arts Council as well as for the promotion of arts and cultural activities.

    http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=83199&Cat=4

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 19:17 #

  2. khanseena1
    Member

    @doctor

    where does it say Omar Sharif group was sponsored/ backed by MQM...or is that your spin on the situation?

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 20:16 #

  3. Dusky
    Member

    Good spin doctor, but I know some of the ASEFP core candidates/leaders are MQM supporter since long, to name a few Prof Sahar Ansari, Fatima Surria Bajia and Omar Sharif himself elected at arts council under the same ASEFP couple of years ago.

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 20:25 #

  4. d0ct0r
    Member

    khanseena1

    I actually had heard winner Ahmad Shah's victory speech in which he clearly accused him of being supported by mafia gang.

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 20:27 #

  5. d0ct0r
    Member

    Poor artists obviously are no match for organized criminal mafia gang like MQM so all of them are born MQM supporter..

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 20:29 #

  6. Rohail Taqi
    Member

    Who cares about art council and why would MQM be interested in that.

    Soon doctor will be posting topics like.

    "Today Altaf Hussain was seen sneezing"
    "A mosquito bit Mustafa Kamala last night"
    "Babar Ghori ko aaj pathar sai thokar lag gayee"

    Get a life doctor.

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 20:30 #

  7. d0ct0r
    Member

    Nothing wrong in posting about arts councils politics & elections. What else do you wana hear? How much Bhatta Israr ul Ibad(Governor's bro) collects from builders?

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 20:43 #

  8. Sharif Aadmi
    Member

    doctor
    "
    How much Bhatta Israr ul Ibad(Governor's bro) collects from builders?
    "

    Whats your percentage ? U r talking like as if u do it on behalf of governor .

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 21:06 #

  9. runaway
    Member

    @doctor

    I want to know when will Scotland Yard arrest Altaf based on suitcases of evidence of your peer Zulfiqar Mirza

    When is chota peer Afaq Ahmad going to provide proof of Jinahpur?

    When will people of Karachi be free so they can vote for Nawaz Shareef.

    And how is the pleading and luring to get Altaf to Karachi working?

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 21:18 #

  10. khanseena1
    Member

    @Dusky
    You are absolutely right about Fatima Surria Bajia being a MQM supporter (she got elected) as is her brother Anwar Maqsood.

    Posted 5 months ago on 25 Dec 2011 23:19 #

  11. sweettruth
    Member

    No one starts "rocket science" threads better than our beloved member d0ct0r. He or she is simply amazing!

    Posted 5 months ago on 26 Dec 2011 8:58 #

  12. aristotle
    Member

    doctor

    May i know wat point u wanted to make by posting this thread?

    Posted 5 months ago on 26 Dec 2011 9:10 #

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