The Hyderabad District Bar Association (HDBA) elected its new office bearers in the elections held on Saturday. The results of the elections were declared here on Sunday with the independent candidate advocate Zafar Rajput elected as President of the new body.
According to the Chairman Election Committee advocate Ishaq Arain, Anwar Jatoi was elected the vice president, Imdad Unar General Secretary, Ghulam Sarwar Buledi joint secretary, Shabbir Hussain Memon library secretary and Khait Kumar Khatri Treasurer.
Seven members of the Executive Committee were also elected, he added. The Progressive Panel, the only group from where the lawyers contested the elections from a single platform, was defeated. A total of 883 votes were cast out of more than 1,100 registered lawyers at the district bar, he said.