LAHORE: The annual elections of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for term 2017-18 will be held on October 31 (Tuesday).A total of 2,989 voters will cast their votes to electtheir 22-member body.
The voters would exercise their right to vote at polling stations set up in Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Lahore, Multan, Bahawalpur, Islamabad and other cities.The SCBAP body consists of president, four vice-presidents (one from each province), secretary, additional secretary, finance secretary and 14 members elected from throughout Pakistan (at least two from each province). At least 44 candidates are contesting for 22 slots.
The slot of the president is reserved for Punjab this year and two candidates were in the field including HafizAbdul Rehman Ansari and Syed M Kaleem Ahmad Khurshid for thepurpose.The Independent Group, led by Asma Jahangir, is supportingSyed M Kaleem Ahmad Khurshid for the presidential slot andHafiz Abdul Rehman Ansari is backed by Hamid Khan Group.