Col Junaid Alam unanimously re-elected as President, PJF

Islamabad : Col ® Junaid Alam and Mansoor Ahmed were unanimously re-elected as President and Secretary General of Pakistan Judo Federation for the next four years terms (2020-2024), respectively.

 
A General Council meeting of Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) was held to elect the new office bearers for the next four years terms (2020-2024), at local hotel here.
 
Representative of International Judo Federation, Mr Muhammad Tahsin of Kuwait, who is also the Assistant to the President, Judo Union of Asia was present online 
who observed the whole electoral process.

 
Representative of Pakistan Sports Board, Mr Shahid Islam, Deputy Director General (Academics) also attended the meeting as Observer.
 
Justice (Retd) Muhammad Alamzeb Khan conducted/supervised the elections and announced the results. According to results; Col ® Junaid Alam and Mansoor Ahmed were unanimously re-elected as President and Secretary General of Pakistan Judo Federation for the next four years terms (2020-2024), respectively while Mrs. Fahmida Butt was elected as Honorary Treasurer.

 
Other office bearers; Senior Vice President, Dr Farhan Ebadat Yar Khan; Vice Presidents,  Masood Ahmad, Bashir Khan and  Asif Iqbal; Joint Secretary,  Noor Shah Afridi and  Associate Secretary, Muhammad Rafique.
 
Six Members Executive Committee,  Lt. Col. Muhammad Abid Majeed, Salahuddin, Zulfiqar Abbassi, Naeema Khan,  Miss Urooj Fatima and  Miss Fatima Raheem.
 
Newly elected President Col (Retd) Junaid Alam thanked all the members for re-electing him as President and said that Pakistan Judo Federation would take all possible steps for the development of Judo in the country as before. He said that judo players have made a name for the country and the nation by winning numerous medals at the international level. He said that no sports can be developed without the patronage of the government and sponsors, the government should also take steps in the country to promote the game of judo and focus on other sports like sponsored cricket.
 
Col Junaid further, said that during the last four years in the history of the country, Pakistan has greatly increased the world judo rankings and during this time, the athletes have won the most number of medals at the international level as well as qualified for the Olympics.
 
The elections were attended by all affiliated units i.e. Army, WAPDA, Railways, HEC, Police, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, KPK, AJK, Islamabad and other small Associations.Although due to ongoing scenario an online facility through zoom ap was available to
the participants, but most of them opted voluntarily to join physically even from far off areas like Balochistan.