Panz Election 2012....a press release by election commision

Dear Community members
Asalamoalikum

Election schedule for the executive body of Pakistan association of New Zealand has been announced by the existing executive committee and following persons have been appointed in the election commission
1. Syed waqar ali (Chief Election Commission)
... ... 2. Atta ur rehman Qureshi (Member)
3. Ather shehzad (member)
All members of Pakistani community living in New Zealand are hereby informed about the following decisions taken by the Election commission for free and fair elections. All of election commission’s decisions are aligned with the existing constitution of Pakistan Association of New Zealand.
Nominations are invited for the post of President, Vice President, General Secretary, Treasure, Spokes person and Joint Secretary of Panz Executive committee.
There should be a panel to be nominated. Nobody can apply for any individual post.
Key dates
Nominations.
Last date for accepting nominations is 27th Feb Monday 2012.Candidates will have to appear before the election commission in person with original documents at the time of submitting nominations. Nominations will be submitted at 85 Owens Road Epsom Auckland 5pm sharp.
General membership
Last date for renewal of Panz membership is 18th of February 2012.

Election.
Election will be held on 4th of March, Sunday 2012.
Nomination forms are available with Election Commission.

Eligibility criteria for nomination of candidates
1.candidate should be Pakistani and 18 years of age or over.

2. Candidate should hold valid New Zealand resident permit/ Dual nationality(Pakistani or/and New Zealand National with NICOP)/work permit holders having two years valid work permit stamped on Pakistani passport.
3. Any person who is chairperson of any other non profitable organization is not eligible for the post of President in the executive committee of Panz.
4. All candidates for Panz executive committee should have no criminal record.

Nomination Fee.
There is a fee of $ 500 for a panel of six people for the executive committee of Panz.

Note.
Any decision by the Election commission will be binding for all parties and cannot be challenged.

Eligibility criteria for a voter

1. Election Commission Only Pakistanis of the age of 18 and over are eligible to vote in election.
2. New Zealand residents/ New Zealand Nationals with valid Pakistani ID/International students studying in New Zealand/ valid work permit holders are eligible to vote in the election.
3. Visit visa / visit permit holders are not eligible to vote in the election.
4. As only paid members are eligible to vote , for the convenience of Community, membership fee of $2 for individual and $5 for a family of members more than two has been imposed. Panz membership forms can be downloaded from Panz face book page .http://www.facebook.com/MyPANZ

Election Commission