Saeed Sarbazi of The Democrats panel was elected president with 845 votes, while Shoaib Ahmed was elected secretary with 843 votes.

The Democrat Panel 2024

Karachi: The Democratic Panel has dashed the hopes of an independent panel and The Journalist Panel in the annual elections of the Karachi Press Club for 2024. The Democrats panel has made a clean sweep for the 14th time in a row, with the polling from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday showing great enthusiasm. A large number of press club members participated in the election process. Election Committee Chairman Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan announced the results at the Karachi Press Club. According to the results, Saeed Sarbazi of The Democrats panel was elected president with 845 votes, while his rival Aftab Hussain got 110 votes. Shoaib Ahmed was elected secretary with 843 votes, while his rival Arif Khan got 96 votes. Abdul Rashid Memon got 758 votes for the post of Vice President, Ehtesham Saeed Qureshi for the post of Treasurer with 806 votes and Muhammad Munsif for the post of Joint Secretary with 726 votes. Shams Kario, Mona Sadiqi, Shazia Hassan, Nawab Qureshi, Shoaib Ahmed, Rana Javed and Noor Mohammad Kalhoro were declared successful on 7 seats of the governing body. The polling started at 9 am which continued till 5 pm without any break. The election was a contest between candidates from The Democrats’ Independent Panel and The Journalist Panel. Out of 1503 registered member voters, 979 members exercised their right to vote in the Press Club elections.