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PAME Elections 2011
Dr. Akhtar Sherin and Dr. Jamshed elected
as President and General Secretary respectively
Dr. Fatema Jawad and Shaukat Ali Jawaid elected
President-elect and Joint Secretary/TreasurerKARACHI: Pakistan Association of Medical Editors (PAME) organized its elections recently. All the members who wanted to contest for various posts were asked to send in their nomination papers duly proposed and seconded by PAME members in good standing. The last date for receipt of nomination papers was July 9, 2011. Scrutiny of the nomination papers as per election schedule was held on July 13, 2011. According to a press release issued by Prof. Nazeer Khan, Editor Journal of Dow University of Health Sciences who was in-charge of elections, since there was no more than one nomination for the various posts which were being contested, the following have been declared as elected unopposed for a two year term 2011-2012:
1. President: Dr. Akhtar Sherin, Editor KUST Medical Journal from Kohat, Khyber PK
2. President-elect: Dr. Fatema Jawad, Chief Editor Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (JPMA) Karachi
3. General Secretary: Dr. Jamshed Akhtar, Editor Journal of College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan and Journal of Surgery Pakistan. Karachi
4. Joint Secretary/Treasurer: Mr. Shaukat Ali Jawaid, Managing Editor, Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Karachi.
Those who have been elected to the Executive Committee are Col. Aqeel Safdar, Editor, Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal. Rawalpindi and Prof. Ijaz Hussain, Editor, Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists, Lahore. Prof. Maj. Gen. (Retd) Mohammad Aslam, Editor Pak J of Physiology, is the Ex- Officio member. No nominations were received for the remaining two posts of Executive Committee. After discussions among themselves the newly elected executive has nominated Dr. Muhammad Irfan, Associate Editor, Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society who is also Managing Editor, Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute, Peshawar. Khyber PK as one of the members. The other vacant post will be filled later from one of the Editors from Punjab. PAME also intends to nominate coordinators for organizing Workshops and other academic activities in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Rawalpindi-Islamabad shortly. (PR)
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