RISJA Elections: Naveed Khokhar elected President and Khurram Shahzad Awan secretary

ISLAMABAD – Naveed Khokhar elected President and Khurram Shahzad Awan secretary of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Sports Journalists Association (RISJA) after elections process was conducted on Wednesday. While talking to The Sports Reporter TV soon after the election newly elected president Naveed Khokhar said, we had been deprived by so-called RISJA body elected few days back of membership and other basic rights and despite given assurances that we will be granted our due right, all their promises fell on deaf ears, we were left with no other option but to announce our body, it is based on young and experienced persons and our doors are open for genuine sports journalists of twin cities. He further said, besides President and Secretary, Qasim Nawaz Abbasi elected as finance secretary, senior sports journalist Sufi Haroon senior vice president, Zubair Ali Khan and Mariya Rajput, vice presidents, Allah Noor Wazir and Rizwan Hadier elected as joint secretaries, in all 24 members attended the meeting and express their full confidence in the newly elected body. Naveed thanked all the members for posing confidence in him and announce scrutiny committee to issue membership to genuine sports journalists and promised to work for the wellbeing of the community.