Vision Alliance sweeps Associate Class in Lahore Chamber elections

Vision Alliance has won a major victory in the second phase of the Lahore Chamber elections. It swept the Associate Class elections with a margin of 1,053 panel votes. The PPBA Alliance could not win a single seat in the Associate Class. According to the results, 9,728 of the 19,087 votes in the Associate Class were cast. Vision Alliance won the sweep by securing 4,523 panel votes.

Lahore Chamber Election Commissioner Sajjad Afzal said the PPBA won 3,470 panel votes and came second. Paif Mian Shafqat received 39 panel votes. A total of 310 votes were rejected and 1,386 were split votes. The members of the Election Commission thanked Vision Alliance, the PPBA Alliance and the Paif Mian Shafqat group for the peaceful conduct of the elections.

A day earlier, in the Corporate Class elections, Vision Alliance won 13 of the 15 seats, while two candidates of the PPB Alliance were successful. In the phased elections for 30 Executive Committee members, 28 candidates of Vision Alliance and two of the PPB Alliance won.

Vision Alliance leader Khawaja Shahzeb Akram said there were no words to thank Lahore’s business community. He said they would keep the promise made to the community and would remain in the field to restore the dignity of Lahore’s traders.

Vision Alliance leaders Sohail Nisar, Sabir Hameed and Nasir Hameed, among others, were also present on the occasion. The newly elected office-bearers of the Lahore Chamber, including President-designate Ali Hussam Asghar, the Senior Vice President and the Vice President, will take charge of their offices on 1 October.

Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif extended good wishes to Vision Alliance leader Ali Hussam Asghar and others on their victory in the Lahore Chamber elections. In her statement, the Chief Minister said she hoped the office-bearers of the Lahore Chamber would support the Punjab government in promoting industry and trade.