Office bears and members of PALPA Executive Committee elected unopposed
Captain (Rtd) Haroon Abdullah and Captain
(Rtd) Arif Majeed have been elected unopposed as President and General
Secretary of the Pakistan Airlines’ Pilot
Association (PALPA), respectively.
According to a statement issued by PALPA,
all office bearers and members of the new executive committee—comprising both
active and retired pilots—were elected unopposed.
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The newly elected team includes Capt (Rtd) Riffat Saeed as Vice President; Capt (Rtd) Basharat Chaudhry, Capt (Rtd) Abdul Hamid Arif, and Capt (Rtd) Fahim Khan as Joint Secretaries; and Capt (Rtd) S. M. Qasim as Treasurer.
The Sindh High Court, in its ruling on
H.C.A. No. 83 of 2022, affirmed that retired pilots are eligible to contest for
PALPA’s principal offices, including the presidency. The court noted that the
association’s constitution contains no clause preventing retired members from
running for these posts, overturning an earlier decision that had barred them.
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Meanwhile, Election Committee Chairman Capt Saeed Khan thanked PALPA members for their confidence in the new leadership and expressed hope that their support would help restore the association to its former stature.
Source: Pakistan Observer