Rome (Italy): October 4,2022: Pakistan’s Amjad Aziz Malik elected unopposed Secretary General of Asian Sports Journalists Federation AIPS ASIA while
South Korea’s Hee Don Jung has been elected as the President here during continental meeting of the federation.
Mr.Amjad Aziz Malik is the first Asian journalist to be elected for the third consecutive term. The elections were held in Rome, Italy. 23 out of 30 Asian countries participated in the elections.
There was a contest for the presidency between South Korea’s Hee Don Jung and Malaysia’s Ahmad Khwari Isa, but the Malaysian candidate withdrew from the South Korean candidate, after which Hee Dong Jung was elected president unopposed. Saudi Arabia’s Adel Al Zahrani has been elected First Vice President.
After two candidates withdrew their nominations, the election of five vice-presidents was also unopposed. Among those elected are Mubarak Al-Boainin of Qatar, Khalil Haider of Kuwait, Ahmad Khawari Isa of Malaysia, Sabanayakan of India and Meisam Zamanabadi of Iran .
No other candidate has submitted nomination papers for the post of Secretary General, Amjad Aziz Malik of Pakistan, so he has been elected as the Secretary of AIPS ASIA for the third time. He is the first Pakistani and Asian journalist to be elected for the third consecutive time. Niranjan Rajbansi of Nepal was elected as treasurer after Sato of Mongolia withdrew his nomination for the post of treasurer. Candidates from 15 countries had submitted nominations for eight seats in the Executive Committee, but after seven countries withdrew their papers, the officials who were declared elected include Hiroki Shoda of Japan,
Sanat Babla of Bangladesh, Safwan Abu Shanab of Palestine,Oman’s Ahmed Saif Al Kaabi, Macau’s Nim Seong Fong, Chinese Taipei’s Helen Chi, Yemen’s Abdulsalam Hamoud Ali Saud and Kazakhstan’s Ilyas Omarov. Newly elected President Hee Don Jung has said that all resources will be utilized for the development of sports journalism in Asia. He also urged the National sports journalist organizations of Asian countries to organize annual events regularly and focus on training young sports journalists. Hee Don Jung stressed the need for quality sports journalism and criticism for reform so that journalists can contribute to the development of sports and the welfare of athletes.