Ahsan Bhoon of Asma Jahangir Group won the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president polls for 2021-22 with a lanslide victory on Thursday.

Bhoon secured 1,548 votes against his rival Sardar Latif Khan Khosa from Hamid Khan-led Professional Group who managed to receive 920 votes, reported The News.

According to the report, this year president’s seat was given to Punjab under the rotation policy.

The report stated Bhoon, in his victory speech, pledged to defend the legal community, the supremacy of the Constitution, end division in the judiciary and strengthen the country's democratic institutions.

Felicitations

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad congratulated Bhoon and other newly elected office bearers of the SCBA. In a tweet, he said unfortunately the outgoing president of the SCBA had made the bar subservient to the wishes of some political parties.

Fawad expressed hope that the newly elected president would restore the independent and free identity of the bar.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in a tweet, congratulated Bhoon and panel on landslide victory in the polls.

"It bodes well for the national struggle for supremacy of constitution. The success of Asma Jehangir’s group symbolises the resolve of legal fraternity to never compromise on democratic principles," read the tweet.

Asma Jahangir Independent Group in a tweet felicitated Bhoon and Waseem Malik, who is elected SCBA secretary, for winning the elections. "Ama's legacy lives on," read the tweet.