ISLAMABAD – Amanullah Kanrani defeated Ali Ahmed Kurd to take the highly coveted post of president, Supreme Court Bar Association (SBCA) on Wednesday after a tough contest between the Independent Group (Asma Jahangir’s panel) and the Professional Group (Hamid Khan’s panel).
Both Kurd and Kanrani were running for the SCBA presidency for a second time.
Kanrani had won the election and served as SCBA president in 2008 whereas Kurd lost the election against Kamran Murtaza in 2013.
In Lahore, the vice president’s election resulted in victory for Karamat Ali Malir, who secured 466 votes against his opponent, Tayyab Nasir Mohammad, who garnered 331 votes, the Dawn reported.
Azmatullah Chaudhry of the Asma Jahangir group was elected to the post of SCBA general secretary for Lahore after securing 438 votes, as opposed to the Hamid Khan panel hopeful Shamimur Rehman, who obtained 360 votes.
