Minutes of Pakistan Taekwondo Federation Election Meeting Held on 30 January 2026 at Garrison Officer Mess, Rawalpindi

1. The Election Meeting of the Pakistan Taekwondo Federation held on 30 January 2026 at 1200 hours at Garrison Officer Mess, Rawalpindi under the supervision of Col Nabeel Ahmed Rana, President Pakistan Taekwondo Federation. Mr Rizwan Ul Haq representative of Pakistan Olympic Association and Chairman Election Commission PTF Mr Amir Sabir (Advocate) attended as per the designation mentioned above.

2. Following attended the Meeting: –

Name Appointment
Mr Amir Sabir–Chairman Election Commission PTF
Col Nabeel Ahmed Rana–President PTF
Lt Col Raja Wasim Ahmed (R)–Representative Gilgit Baltistan
Murtaza Hassan Bangash–Chairman KPK Taekwondo Association
Ms. Najia Rasool–Secretary General PTF
Dr. Izhar Ul Haq–Secretary Finance PTF
Rizwan ul Haq–Representative POA
Lt Col Zeeshan Aslam–Representative Pak Army
Muhammad Talha–Representative KPK
Aziz Ul Hassan–Secy Gen KPK
Lubna Safeer–Representative KPK
Irfan Majeed–Secy Gen Islamabad
Mehmood Shah–President Islamabad
Saima Iftikhar–Representative ITA
Saba Shamim Akhtar–President Women Wing/Vice President
Haroon Khan–Member Athlete Commission
Abu Bakar–Member Athlete Commission
Muhammad Hanif–Chairman Coach Commission
Nazakat Ali–President Gilgit Baltistan
Ashan Raza–Secy Gen Gilgit Baltistan
Jalal Hyder Khan–Representative Islamabad
Jaoua Tariq–Representative Punjab
Khaldoon Raja–Representative Sindh
M Qayyum Changezi–Representative Railway
Lt Cdr Kaleem Ullah PN–Representative Navy
Syed Aoun Abbas–Representative HEC
DSP Mahmood Ul Hassan–Representative Police (On Zoom)
Muhammad Nisar–Representative Police (On Zoom)
Wing Comd Bilal–Representative PAF (On Zoom)
Naseeb Ullah–Representative Balochistan (On Zoom)
Kamran Qamar Qureshi–President Sindh (On Zoom)
Fateemaah Tuz Zahrra–Member Athlete Commission (On Zoom)
Ali Imran–Representative Punjab (On Zoom)
Majida Hameed–Representative Sindh (On Zoom)

2. PROCEEDINGS

Before commencement of the Meeting, registration / verification process of all the Representatives of the Affiliated Member Units whose nominations were received in writing in Federation Secretariat / Chairman Election commission to attend the Meeting was completed. The meeting commenced with the recitation of the Holy Quran by Mr. Muhammad Talha. Following the recitation, Ms. Najia Rasool, Secretary General, informed the President, POA Representative and the Chairman Election Commission that the house is in order and requested the President to formally commence the proceedings.

Col. Nabeel Ahmed Rana, President PTF, warmly welcomed all members and participants. He briefed the house on his continuous efforts to resolve the long-standing issues related to BTA. He further informed that elections for the remaining vacant posts of the Pakistan Taekwondo Federation would be conducted during this election meeting.

The President apprised the house that elections for the three principal posts President, Secretary General and Secretary Finance were held on 1st January 2026 during the Executive and General Council Meetings of PTF with the unanimous consent of all stakeholders and minutes of both the meetings were circulated for any objection. He stated that if any individual still wishes to contest on said posts, they are welcome to do so. As no member expressed interest in re-election for the said posts, the house unanimously endorsed and ratified the decision taken in the elections held on 1st January 2026. Furthermore, the house unanimously passed the resolution in the favour and it was decided that the future election of Pakistan Taekwondo will be conducted after four years to be precise on 31 December 2029. The complete house agreed on this resolution.

The President then invited Mr. Amir Sabir, Chairman Election Commission, to initiate the election process for the remaining posts of the Pakistan Taekwondo Federation.

The Chairman Election Commission briefed the house on the election procedure, stating that, in accordance with the Constitution of PTF, elections may be conducted through either balloting or show of hands. Considering that the meeting was being held in a hybrid mode (Physical & Zoom), it was proposed that the elections be conducted through the show of hands method. The house unanimously agreed to this procedure.

The Chairman Election Commission informed the house that one candidate was required for the post of Senior Vice President; however, two nominations had been received, namely Mr. Murtaza Hassan Bangash (KPK) and Mr. Syed Aoun Abbas (HEC). Subsequently, Mr. Syed Aoun Abbas withdrew his nomination for the post of Senior Vice President and expressed his intention to contest the election for the post of Vice President. A written application to this effect was submitted to the Chairman Election Commission which is duly approved by the Election Commission and the complete house.

Furthermore, the Chairman informed the house that six nominations, including one female candidate, had been received for the post of Vice President, whereas five posts of Vice President were available. The representative of Pakistan Railways, who was also a candidate for the post of Vice President, voluntarily withdrew his nomination and submitted a written application to the Chairman Election Commission and will contest as Executive Member. However, on the request of Mr Aoun Abbas that in next Executive and General Council the approval for his new post may be created as Deputy Secretary and in that he should be elected as Deputy Secretary of the federation. The entire house appreciated this act of Mr Aoun and Mr Qayyum Changezi and promised to do it in the next meetings.

The Chairman Election Commission then announced that elections would be held for the following remaining posts of the Pakistan Taekwondo Federation for the next four-year term ending on 31 December 2029:

SerNameAppointmentRemarks 
Chairman
1.Lt Col Raja Wasim Ahmed (R)Chairman  
CEO
1.Omar SaeedCEO  
President
1.Col Nabeel Ahmed RanaPresident  
Senior Vice Presidents
1.Murtaza Hassan BangashSenior Vice President  
Vice President
1.Kamran Qamar QureshiVice President  
2.DSP Mahmood ul HassanVice President  
3.Wing Comd Ahmad BilalVice President  
4.Ms. Saba ShamimVice President  
5.Syed Aoun AbbasVice President  
Secretary General
1.Ms. Najia RasoolSecretary General  
Secretary Finance
1.Dr. Izhar Ul HaqSecretary Finance  
3 Deputy Secretaries (1 x Lady)
1.Mst Majida HameedDeputy Secretary  
2.Muhammad TalhaDeputy Secretary  
3.Nisar AhmedDeputy Secretary  
13 x Members Executive Committee (3 x Ladies)
1.M Faraz UsmanExecutive Member  
2.Khaldoon RajaExecutive Member  
3.Saneetah AshrafExecutive Member  
4.Aziz Ul Hassan BangashExecutive Member  
5.Lubna SafeerExecutive Member  
6.Muhammad Zubair MachaExecutive Member  
7.Syed Mehmood ShahExecutive Member  
8.Jalal HyderExecutive Member  
9.Nazakat AliExecutive Member  
10.Naimat AliExecutive Member  
11.Syed Sadaqat HussainExecutive Member  
12.Qayyum ChangeziExecutive Member  
13.To Be Approved Later–  

Decision:   The entire house (Physically and Zoom) unanimously approved by Show of Hand the new panel of Pakistan Taekwondo Federation      

President Pakistan Taekwondo Federation requested POA Representative for his comments and views on the elections. POA Representative appreciated the conduct of all the members and affiliated units for their support and family like affiliations to each other without creating any sort of obstruction for any position contested and hoping that the same will continue for future endeavours. Finally, I am notifying the results of the elections conducted in my presence and officially signing the official appointments so that same can be attached with the minutes of the elections for the higher organisations as well as Provinces, services and Departments (attached with minutes).

President Pakistan Taekwondo Federation requested Chairman Election Commission for his comments and views on the elections. I have seen a smooth conduct of election and wishing all the best to new cabinet of PTF and also signing the official appointments for official perusal.

Concluding Remarks by the President.  He thanked the entire house for giving lots of respect and acknowledging his services. He assured that in future also I alongwith my entire team will do my best to perform better in upcoming National / International events. There is lots of Taekwondo potential in Pakistan amongst upcoming youth, the only need is to polish and give them international exposure. The cabinet will also follow the constitution of Pakistan Taekwondo Federation in true letter and spirits and do our best to further improve the constitution with the consent of executive and followed by the general council. He further assured the house that he will give respect to each member and also go strictly against who not follow the constitution as well the respect and honour of federation. As discipline is the hall mark of Taekwondo which

we should not leave. In the end he thanked Provincial Associations, Departments, especially Mr Rizwan Ul Haq, Representative Pakistan Olympic Association hoped with their kind hearted support Olympic Martial Sports will flourish in the country.  

            The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

Ms Najia Rasool

Secretary General

Pakistan Taekwondo Federation

Approved By

Col Nabeel Ahmed Rana

President

Pakistan Taekwondo Federation

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