The panel, led by Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman and Farida Yasmin, swept the election to the executive committee of the Jatiya Press Club held yesterday, bagging 14 posts out of 17-member executive committee.

Senior journalist Shafiqur Rahman was elected president (672 votes) while Farida of the Daily Ittefaq (439) general secretary, beating their nearest rivals MA Aziz (279) and Kader Coni Chowdhury (350) respectively.

Other office bearers are Senior Vice-President Saiful Alam (807), Vice-President Azizul Islam Bhuiyan (570), Joint Secretaries Shahed Chowdhury (627) and Elias Khan (452) of Aziz Gani panel, and Treasurer Kartik Chatterjee (478) while 10 members are Shaymal Dutta (574), Kuddus Afrad (535), Mainul Alam (511: independent candidate), Rezwanul Haque Raza (488), Molla Jalal (459), Shahmsuddin Ahmed Charu (452), Hasan Hafiz (423: Aziz Gani panel), Shahnaz Begum (399), Kalyan Saha (378) and Hasan Arefim (360).