Pro-BNP-Jamaat panel wins SCBA polls

Lawyers' panel, backed by BNP-Jamaat-led 20-party alliance, has bagged nine out of the 14 posts in the election to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), reports UNB.
Khandker Mahbub Hossain and AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Panel (JAOP) were reelected SCBA president and secretary respectively.
Among the 14 executive committee posts, ruling Awami League-led coalition Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad (SASP) secured five posts.  Advocate M Harun-or-Rashid, convener of the seven-member election sub-committee, early Tuesday announced the two-day staggered election results that began on March 15.
According to the election results, Khandker Mahbub Hossain, also a BNP chairperson's adviser, was reelected president defeating SASP nominee Yusuf Hossain Humayun, member of Awami League advisory council, by 179 votes while AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, BNP joint secretary general, was reelected secretary crushing Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehdi by 408 votes.
Thirty-one candidates contested the election to the SCBA for 2015-16.
The other elected office bearers are: vice-presidents Abul Khair (SASP) and ASM Muktar Kabir Khan (JAOP), assistant secretaries Delwar Hossain Mustafa Chowdhury (SASP) and Mazedul Islam Patwari (JAOP), treasure Shawkat Ara Begum Dulali (JAOP), members Mohiuddin Shamim (SAOP), AKM Daudur Rahman(SASP), Anita Dasgupta (SASP), Shamima Sultana (JAOP), Anwarul Islam Shaheen (JAOP), Mirza Al Mahmud (JAOP) and M Jasim Sarker (JAOP).