Pro-AL panel sweeps Bangladesh Bar Council polls

Pro-Awami League lawyers have bagged in 12 executive member posts out of total 14 of the Bangladesh Bar Council.

Attorney General MahbubeyAlam, chairman of the Bar Council, which is the licensing and regulatory body of the lawyers, announced the results in the council's auditorium 9:00am on Saturday, 12 days after the election was held throughout the country on May 14.

According to official results, pro-AL lawyers' panel SammilitoAinjibiSamannoyParishad (SASP) bagged 12posts out of total 14 executive member posts, while pro-BNP lawyers' panel of JatiyatabadiAinjibiOikya Panel (JAOP) won the two remaining posts.

The winning pro-AL lawyers are: Abdul BasetMajumder, SM Rezaul Karim, ZI Khan Panna, Syed Rezaur Rahman, Yusuf Hossain Humayun, Mohammad Mokhlesur Rahman Badal, Kazi Md Nazibullah Hiru, Md Kabir Uddin Bhuiyan, Md Rezaul Karim Mantu, Md Yahiya, AF Md RuhulAnam Chowdhury and Parvez Alam Khan.     

The BNP backed lawyers who were elected in the election are AJ Mohammad Ali and Md Delwar Hossain Chowdhury.

The elected members of the bar in their first meeting will elect a vice-chairman for the council and form other committees to run the organisation for three years.