PHF names officials for nation-wide polls

LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Saturday announced the names of Chief Election Commissioner and Provincial Election Commissioners for the nation-wide elections of the affiliated units.

The PHF named Ch Mohammad Riaz as the Chief Election Commissioner to conduct the forthcoming elections of the District Hockey Associations, followed by the elections of the Provincial Hockey Associations and finally that of the Federation.

The Chief Election Commissioner has announced the names of Election Commissioners and Members/Coordinators of Election Commission of the four provinces, Islamabad, AJK, Gilgit Baltistan and FATA.

Punjab: Khadim Hussain Bhatti (Retd IGP) – Election Commissioner, Wajid Bukhari, Former Addl Secretary Commerce, Col (Retd) Sikandar Ghumman, Malik Usman Awan, Advocate, Khalid Qayyum

Sindh: Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, Retd IG Sindh, Election Commissioner, Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah, Brig. (Retd) Khalid Mukhtar Farani

KPK: Major (Retd) Muhammad Afzal – Election Commissioner, Olympian Dr. Atif Bashir

Balochistan: Ch Farman, retired SP – Election Commissioner, Ihsan Ullah.

Islamabad: Lt Col (Retd) Muhammad Naeem – Election Commissioner, Dilawar Hussain

Gilgit-baltistan: Tariq Mir – Election Commissioner, Atif Shamsher

FATA: M Riasat – Election Commissioner, M Khurram Malik

AJK: Zahoor Janjua – Election Commissioner, Ch Munawar Hussain

In addition, the lists of the officials who will carry out scrutiny at all the 144 districts of the country have also been issued.

In order to discuss the modalities and details regarding the whole process of these elections, a Meeting of the Provincial Election Commissioners and Coordinators will be held at the PHF Office, National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, on 30th April 2018 at 1500 hours

Time frame for the elections

By 3rd May: Scrutiny, Elections and Composition of District Hockey Associations

By 10th May: Composition of Provincial Hockey Associations

By 15th May: Composition of Pakistan Hockey Federation.