The Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) has clarified recent developments regarding its leadership, saying that its Senior Vice Chairman has taken charge as Acting Chairman under the association’s rules until the Central Executive Committee elects a new chairman in the coming days.
According to the Secretary General of P@SHA, the development followed a recent meeting of the Central Executive Committee (CEC), where eight of the 12 members formally voted in favour of a vote of no confidence against former Chairman Mr Sajjad Mustafa Syed.
As per the minutes of the CEC meeting, eight members supported the no-confidence move, three opposed it, while one member abstained. P@SHA said the result constituted a two-thirds majority in favour of the motion.
The association extended best wishes to Mr Sajjad Mustafa Syed for his future endeavours and said he would continue to serve as a CEC member for the remainder of his term.
P@SHA said the CEC remained committed to ensuring continuity, stability and the smooth running of daily as well as strategic operations across all ongoing initiatives.
The association further stated that the upcoming elections and the 22nd P@SHA ICT Awards would be held according to their respective schedules, without any delay or disruption. It said P@SHA was a strong and well-established trade body and would continue business as usual in the larger interest of the IT industry.
P@SHA also maintained that its elections would be conducted in a timely, free, fair and transparent manner.
