KARACHI: Around 3,000 members of the Karachi Customs Agents Association (KCAA) will cast their votes at auditorium on September 25 to elect a 20-member managing committee, including the president and the general secretary.
As per details, the annual general elections of the KCAA for the term 2014-15 will be held on September 25. The voting will be held from 9am to 6am with a lunch break during which voters present in the polling area will be allowed to cast their votes.
The nomination forms are available for the members from August 16, whose dues are cleared. In case a member wants to file a nomination for more than one post he has to submit a separate application form for each post. A security deposit of Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 has to be deposited by the candidates contesting the elections for the post of office bearer and post of member managing committee, respectively.
The last date for filing the nomination forms is September 10 till 5pm. The meeting of the scrutiny committee will be held on September 13 while the last date for the withdrawal of nominations is September 20.
The final list of the candidates will be displayed on September 22.
The KCAA is the pioneer of formerly Karachi Customs Agents Group (KCAG) which was established in 1965 by a few prominent customs agents of that time who were experiencing difficulties in clearing and forwarding of the goods through customs and port authorities.
On May 18, 2006, the Karachi Customs Agents Group was registered as a trade body under section 42 of the Companies Ordinance 1984 and now is known as Karachi Customs Agents Association.
