KARACHI: Pakistan Advertisers Society (PAS) held its 16th Annual General body meeting here on Friday. The AGM was attended by all the major advertisers of Pakistan. Some of the important industry issues were discussed and the agenda for 2014 was proposed to the members.

The AGM also marked the end of two-year tenure of the current council and the office-bearers. The election for the new council for the term 2014 and 2015 were also part of the proceedings.

The newly elected Council comprises of 12 members. Shabeeh A. Ikram, Country Manager, Johnson & Johnson was elected as the Chairman of the Society.

Amir Paracha, Vice President-Sales, Unilever Pakistan and Khurram Masood Koraishy, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Tapal Tea (Pvt.) Ltd. were elected as Vice Chairman and General Secretary respectively.

Other representative members on the Executive Council include Burhan Khan, Marketing Director, Reckitt Benckiser, Faisal Sabzwari, Country Manager, P&G, Aly Mustansir, CMO, Bank Alfalah, Umer Fareed, Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Burj Bank, Amir Paracha, VP-Sales, Unilever Pakistan, Ms. Maliha Subhani, Marketing Director, Pepsico, Abrar Hasan, CEO, National Foods, Ms. Samra Maqboo, Head of Media & Communications, Nestle Pakistan, Ali Murtaza, Director Brands, Mobilink and Ali Asghar Jamali, Director Sales and Marketing, Indus Motors.