Shia Federation Poonch formed

Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Dec 5: Shia organizations today formed  Shia Federation Poonch and unanimously elected Syed Shabbir Hussain as the district president.
Syed Shabbir Hussain Shah, Syed Salim Hussain Shah, Dr Syed Mushtaq Hussain Shah and  Khawaja Asger Ali Mir  were elected as vice presidents while Dr Syed Ameer Hussain Shah was elected  general secretary.
Khwaja Kifait Hussain Sofi and  Syed Qalab Abbass Mosvi were elected as joint secretaries, Syed Abid Hussain Safvi as cashier, Alhaj Bashir Hussain Mir, Alhaj Jaffer Hussain Wantoo, Syed Khursheed Hussain Kazmi, Syed Tufail Hussain Shah, Syed Azmat Hussain Shah, Babu Qayoom Hussain Shah, Syed Qurban Hussain Shah as organizers, Anwer Hussain Wantoo was given the post of stage secretary while  Saber Hussain, Ahtsham Hussain Bhat and Shafiq Hussain Baba were appointed as publicity secretaries.
The body was formed during a meeting of various Shia organizations,  held under the chairmanship of Alhaj Rahat Hussain Nehvi,  patron of  Anjuman e Jaffria Poonch at Imam Bargah Poonch.