ACCA hosts high-level conference in Karachi

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The Karachi session of ACCA Pakistan Leadership Conversation (PLC) 2023 provided opportunity to country’s senior business leaders and influencers to engage in future-focused discussions and offer businesses and the government with a forward-thinking action plan on how to weather the current economic headwinds and leverage new opportunities in emerging sectors.

Consistent with this year’s event theme ‘Shaping the future in uncertain times: Learn. Adapt. Thrive.’, the session focused on key policy reforms and business initiatives to create a conducive environment for the emerging sectors to thrive, help the country deal with its current economic challenges and embark on a journey to sustainable, inclusive growth.

Focusing on the central role of accountancy profession, ACCA’s global president, Joseph Owolabi, in his keynote address emphasised:

‘As society’s expectations shift with speed and intensity, the challenges that lie ahead for business, governments and policymakers are complex. But with skills, knowledge, and experience that transcend sectors and borders, the accountancy profession is uniquely placed to help drive the change people want to see.’ points to 17% due to elevated inflation levels, uncertain global economic conditions, and increased challenges to Pakistan's external sector outlook. Fida also highlighted the need for fiscal policy to work in tandem with monetary policy to curtail demand-side pressures during high-inflation periods. To read the full article visit www.brecorder.com

Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, in his address focused on environment, climate change and green growth.

Sima Kamil, Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, also spoke at the event and delivered an insightful talk on the topic ‘Building economic resilience in uncertain times’.

Muhammad Aurangzeb, President and CEO, HBL, delivered an insightful keynote presenting a business case for the adoption of ESG framework and explained how it enables businesses to achieve sustainable growth: attract investments, earn customer trust, drive financial performance and make business operations more efficient.

Housing Ministry convens DsB meeting

A meeting of Departmental Selection Board (DSB) was held at the Ministry of Housing and Works under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Housing and Works). The meeting was attended by senior officials of Ministry of Housing and Works, representatives of Establishment Division, Law and Justice Division and Pakistan Public Works Department. The Board recommended following BS-18 officers of Pakistan Public Works Department (Pak. PWD) for promotion to BS-19: -

1. Mr. Rafaqat Iqbal, Executive Engineer (Civil)

2. Mr. Rashid Zia, Executive Engineer (Civil)

3.Mr. Muhammad Sohail Iqbal, Executive Engineer (E/M)

4. Mr. Khurshid-ul-Hassan, Architect. pr

NePrA hosts webinar on ‘incident investigation’

As part of its “Power with Safety” drive, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) organized a webinar on “Incident Investigation” in collaboration with Syed Azhar Moin, Consultant HSE, MA’ADEN (Saudi Arabian Mining Company).

Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi in his opening remarks spoke about ultimate NEPRA’s goal of zero-incidents in Pakistan Power Sector and therefore will keep on protecting precious human lives through such informative awareness sessions and application of effective control measures. The webinar was attended by HSE Professionals from the entire power sector of Pakistan besides NEPRA’s officials. The main objective of the webinar was to learn about the requirements of the Power Safety Code, how to investigate work-related incidents, to categorize and classify the incident, to find the incident facts, immediate cause(s) and its root causes as well as to establish corrective. pr