PANZ President and VP

The general committee Pakistan Association of New Zealand held its special meeting on 28 May 2003 to discuss the resignation of PANZ President Tanveer Syed who had tendered his resignation on 25 May 2003 due to his inability of returning back to New Zealand in near future. Tanveer Syed has got employed with a multi-national company in Islamabad and has decided to settle there. The meeting discussed in details the possible solutions and decided to take the issue to Executive Council PANZ. Resultantly a joint meeting of General and Executive Committee was held on 30 May 2004 where the recommendations of general committee were put before the Executive Committee for final approval. The meeting was attended by all cabinet members and the two executives.

It was decided in mutual consent to appoint Shahid Azad as the new president of the organization for the remaining period of current PANZ. Shahid Azad had already been discharging the responsibility of acting president for the last four months. The cabinet members also appointed Kashif  Chaudhry  as its new Vice President with immediate effect. The appointment stands for the interim period that lasts until the present term of the association. The Executive Committee approved the decisions made by general committee and accepted the resignation of Tanveer Syed.The meeting also discussed some other issues and a broad consensus was found on each and every  issue. The issue of forthcoming PANZ election in November 2004 was also discussed and organization new president made it clear in categorical terms that elections would be held right in the specified time and no delay whatsoever on part of General Committee can occur in this respect. He said that PANZ General Committee does not want even a single day delay in discharging all relevant constitutional requirements and democratic obligations in transfer of power. General Committee appreciated the members of Executive Committee for their continued cooperation in running PANZ affairs.

 

In a separate meeting of PANZ on the following day the members appreciated the services of outgoing president Tanveer Syed who spearheaded PANZ to new achievements and milestones and wished him best for his life and profession in Pakistan. PANZ President gave an overview of the ongoing and coming activities and stressed the need of being more mobile and team focused as PANZ sphere of activities has increased in volume over the past one year.  The meeting also finalized the activity schedule of June and July and the Big Day (14 August 2004).