KARACHI: Muhammad Zeeshan Merchant has been elected as president of Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) for the second consecutive time in the elections of the bar held on Thursday.
Merchant secured 401 votes for the slot of president. The other candidate Muhammad Imtiaz Zubairi could get only 141 votes.
It is pertinent to mention that it was the first time in the past 20 years that the KTBA members were casting their votes for all the slots.
Merchant has been elected as the president of the KTBA for the second consecutive term for the year 2021. He already served on the same portfolio for the year 2020.
He was contesting for the presidentship of the KTBA from the platform of United Panel. All the candidates of the United Panel have been elected with a big margin.
Muhammad Memood Bikiya has been elected vice president.
Syed Faiq Raza Rizvi, Shiraz Khan and Haris Tufail have been elected for the slot of honorary general secretary, librarian and honorary joint secretary, respectively.
The successful members of the executive committee are included: Asim Rizwani Sheikh, Abdul Wahab, Irfan Ghafoor, Muhammad Mustafa Rahim, Raeel Fatima, Syed Ejaz Ahmed Jafry, Saud ul Hasan and Atif Nawaz.