KARACHI (Chief Reporter) The Democrats Panel dashed the hopes of the Independent Panel and The Journalist Panel in the Karachi Press Club Annual Elections 2024. The Democrats Panel has swept for the 14th time in a row, from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday. There was great enthusiasm in the polling. A large number of members of the Press Club participated in the election process. Chairman of the Election Committee, Dr. Tauseef Ahmad Khan, announced the results at the Karachi Press Club. According to the results, Saeed Sarbazi of The Democrats Panel was elected with 845 votes while his opponent Aftab Hussain got 110 votes. While Shoaib Ahmed was elected on the post of secretary with 843 votes while his competitor Arif Khan got 96 votes. Abdul Rashid Memon got 758 votes on the post of vice president, Ehtsham Saeed Qureshi on the post of Khazan got 806 votes and Muhammad Munsif got 726 votes on the post of joint secretary, of Shams Careo, Munasadiqi, Shazia Hassan, Nawab Qureshi, Shoaib Ahmed, Rana Javed and Noor Mohammad Kalhoro were declared successful on 7 seats of the governing body. The polling started at 9 am which continued till 5 pm without any break. The election was a contest between candidates from The Democrats’ Independent Panel and The Journalist Panel. Out of 1503 registered member voters, 979 members exercised their right to vote in the Press Club elections. The press club election saw a frenzy and candidates from all three panels and their supporters continued to campaign vigorously throughout the day to get votes for their respective candidates.