Organization’s setups for center and Sindh announced; Engr Abdul Qadir Shah announced Chairman,
Engr. Mukhtar Shaikh Central Coordinator
Led by former chairman Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Engr Abdul Qadir Shah, the National Engineers Welfare Association (NEWA) has initiated a process of its reorganization ahead of the PEC election due next year.
Engr Abdul Qadir Shah who lost polls to Engr Jawed Salim Qureshi, the incumbent chairman of the council believes reorganization of his association along with new strategies would benefit the organization in the next elections. Also, the organization would be able to raise the voice of the engineers in Pakistan.
As a first step, NEWA has announced organizational structures for the center and Sindh, and the orgnzation is busy finalizing office bearers for the rest of three provinces such as Punjab, KP, and Balochistan.
In the new organizational setup, Engr Syed Abdul Qadir Shah will lead the organization as the Chairman. The rest of the officer bearers are as following:
Engr. Zahid Arif (Sr.Vice Chairman), Engr. Mukhtar A.Shaikh (Central Coordinator), Engr. Zahid Hussain Lashari (Dy. Coordinator), Engr. Iftikhar Ahmed (Vice Chairman, Punjab), Engr. Raghib Abbas Shah (Vice Chairman, Sindh) Engr. Qazi Rasheed Ahmed (Vice Chairman, Balochistan), Vice Chairman KPK (to be announced later), Engr. Abdul Rehman Shaikh(General Secretary), Engr. Dr. Samreen Hussain (Joint Secretary), Engr. Mohsin Ali Khan (Social Secretary), Engr. M.Iqbal Qureshi (Information & Media Coordination) and Engr. Abdul Majid Malik (Secretary Finance).
Besides the central body, the orgnaztion has announced a 10-member Central Executive Committee as under
Engr. Dr. Wali Abbas, Engr. Abdul Khaliq Shaikh, Engr. Javed Shaikh, Engr. Abhiman Mullani, Engr. Parkash Lohano, Engr. Manzoor Ahmed Shaikh (CAA), Engr. Muhammad Farooq Baloch (Gawadar), Engr. Shahid Khan Babar, Engr. Abdul Hameed Mengal, Engr. Sarfaraz Ahmed Tunio and
Engr. Syed Waqar Hussain.
Moreover, the office bearers for Sindh are as under:
Engr. Dr. Zubair Ahmed Shaikh (President), Engr. Dr. Madad Ali Shah (Dy. President), Engr. Syed Nadeem Shah (Vice President-I), Engr. Faizer Ali Panhwar (Vice President- II), Engr. Nizamuddin Abbasi (General Secretary), Engr. Syed Zulifqar Ali Shah (Joint Secretary), Engr. Abdul Aziz Bhutto (Social Secretary) and Engr. Manzoor Ahmed Shaikh (Information/Media Secretary). The name of the Finance Secretary will be announced later.
The list if Sindh Executive Committee is as under:
Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Shaikh (Railway), Engr. Khursheed Ahmed Seehar, Engr. Mehfooz Ursani, Engr. Noor Hassan Sarki, Engr. Uzair Qureshi, Engr. Riaz Ali Memon (KHL), Engr. Rajev Oad (PTCL Hyd), Engr. Abdul Ghani Shaikh, Engr. Abdul Rauf Shaikh (NHA), Engr. Mumtaz Ahmed Jamali, Engr. Fahmida Rehman and Engr. Idrees Shaikh.
The officials of the organization say various committees are working on a new manifesto of the organization. However, a website has also been designed to promote the organization as well as the issues of the engineers in Pakistan
