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BNP-Jamaat panel sweeps Supreme Court Bar Association polls

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Published: 03:16, 23 March 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
BNP-Jamaat panel sweeps Supreme Court Bar Association polls

Staff Correspondent: The lawyers ’ panel, backed by BNP and Jamaat has swept the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election bagging 10 out of 14 posts, including those of the president and secretary.

BNP chairperson’s adviser Advocate Zainul Abedin and party joint secretary general Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon have been elected president and general secretary respectively of the body for the 2018-19 term, regaining the panel’s control on the SCBA.

With the fresh term, Khokon has been elected the SCBA secretary for the sixth consecutive time.

Awami League-backed lawyers’ panel got the rest four posts, including that of the vice president.

Zainul Abedin got 2369 votes while his rival pro-AL panel president candidate Yusuf Hossain Humayun secured 2315 votes.

Khokon obtained more than 441 votes from his rival pro-AL panel secretary candidate SK Md Morsed.

Convener of SCBA election conducting committee AY Mashiuzzaman announced the results on Friday morning.


The two-day election to SCBA ended on Thursday.


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