UNB, Dhaka :
The lawyers` panel, backed by BNP and Jamaat has swept the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election bagging eight out of 14 posts, including those of the president and secretary.
BNP chairperson’s adviser Advocate Zainul Abedin and party joint secretary general
Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon have been elected president and general secretary respectively of the body for the 2017-18 term, regaining the panel’s control on the SCBA.
With the fresh term, Khokon has been elected the SCBA secretary for the fifth consecutive time.
Awami League-backed lawyers’ panel got the rest six posts, including that of the vice president and treasurer.
Zainul Abedin got 1928 votes while his rival pro-AL panel president candidate Abdul Matin Khasru secured 1895 votes.
Khokon obtained 1916 votes while his rival pro-AL panel secretary candidate Rabiul Alam Rudu bagged 1846 votes.
Coordinator of the SCBA’s election steering sub-committee and senior lawyer AY Moshiuzzaman announced the results on Friday morning.
The two-day voting of the election concluded on March 23 after 3,928 lawyers out of 5,081 cast their votes at the SCBA auditorium.
Pro-AL panel had won last years’ the SCBA polls securing eight posts, including that of the president, ending three consecutive years’ supremacy of BNP-Jamaat panel on the SCBA.
The lawyers` panel, backed by BNP and Jamaat has swept the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election bagging eight out of 14 posts, including those of the president and secretary.
BNP chairperson’s adviser Advocate Zainul Abedin and party joint secretary general
Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon have been elected president and general secretary respectively of the body for the 2017-18 term, regaining the panel’s control on the SCBA.
With the fresh term, Khokon has been elected the SCBA secretary for the fifth consecutive time.
Awami League-backed lawyers’ panel got the rest six posts, including that of the vice president and treasurer.
Zainul Abedin got 1928 votes while his rival pro-AL panel president candidate Abdul Matin Khasru secured 1895 votes.
Khokon obtained 1916 votes while his rival pro-AL panel secretary candidate Rabiul Alam Rudu bagged 1846 votes.
Coordinator of the SCBA’s election steering sub-committee and senior lawyer AY Moshiuzzaman announced the results on Friday morning.
The two-day voting of the election concluded on March 23 after 3,928 lawyers out of 5,081 cast their votes at the SCBA auditorium.
Pro-AL panel had won last years’ the SCBA polls securing eight posts, including that of the president, ending three consecutive years’ supremacy of BNP-Jamaat panel on the SCBA.
