Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 5: Kashmir High Court Bar Association today elected senior Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom as its president. He defeated his rival advocate G N Shaheen.
Eleven candidates were in fray for the general elections of the executive body of Bar Association for which polling was held at Sadder Court Complex here.
Qayoom secured 398 votes and won by a margin of 221 votes against his rival and former Bar president G N Shaheen.
Aijaz Bedar was elected Vice President. He secured 353 votes while his rival, Bashir Ahmad Dar, got 169 votes.
Mohammad Ashraf Bhat defeated Abdul Majid Jehangir for the post of general secretary. Bhat secured 404 votes, Jehangir only 171.
For the post of Joint Secretary, Anwar-ul-Islam defeated Aijaz Ahmad Dar. Islam secured 385 votes against Dar’s 190.
Bilal Ahmad Wani was elected Treasurer defeating Haroon Ahmad by a margin of 219 votes. Wani secured 398 votes against Ahmad’s 179.
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