SNGPL’s Election of Directors Held

An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) was held on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. in Lahore to elect twelve (12) Directors under Section 159 of the Companies Act, 2017, for the next triennial commencing from October 01, 2023.

Sixteen (16) individuals as against twelve (12) positions of directors filed their consent to contest the election for Directors under defined categories of directors i.e. female, independent, and other Directors, categories.

However, one (1) candidate i.e. Mr. Nasir Gulzar, out of Seven (7) candidates under the independent directors’ category withdrew his name before the election of Directors.

Since, the persons who offered themselves to be elected were not more than the number of directors fixed by the Board under Section 159(1) of the Companies Act, 2017 under the Female and Independent category of Director(s), the contesting female and six contestants under the category of Independent Directors were elected unopposed. SNGPL’s Model Customer Service Center inaugurated in Lahore

However, the election of directors was conducted only for the category of Other Directors, wherein 8 contestants participated.

After elections, the following twelve Directors have been elected for the next triennial commencing from October 01, 2023, including one female director, six independent directors, and five directors under the category of other directors:

Sr. No.  Name of Elected Directors

A. Director Elected unopposed under the Category of Female Directors:

1              Ms. Faaria Rehman Salahuddin

B.  Director Elected unopposed under Category of Independent Directors:

2              Mr. Muhammad Ismail Qureshi

3              Mr. Arif Saeed

4              Mr. Saadat Ali Khan

5              Mr. Ahmad Atteeq Anwer

6              Mr. Osman Saifullah Khan

7              Mr. Tariq Iqbal Khan

C.  Director Elected under Category of Other Directors:

8              Mr. Abrar Ahmed Mirza

9              Mr. Ali Tahir

10           Mr. Shahbaz Tahir Nadeem

11           Mr. Muhammad Sualeh Ahmed Faruqui

12           Mr. Ahmed Chinoy

Large number of shareholders of the Company attended the EGM of the Company and cast their votes.