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Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Global economic confidence remained low in Q1 2019, despite rising for the first time in a year, finds the latest Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA (Institute of Management Accountants). The global poll of 1,355 accountants shows that all key regions reported a bounce in confidence with Asia Pacific and the Middle East seeing the biggest gains. However, in all regions except the Middle East confidence is lower than a year ago. More encouragingly the global orders index was virtually unchanged in the latest GECS.  This index held…

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Research reveals machine learning is becoming more relevant for many organisations as the hype increasingly becomes reality Huge opportunities for better business intelligence and across a range of activities carried out by accountants Adoption of machine learning needs to be based on legitimate business need rather than just wanting to be seen as using AI Ethical challenges lie ahead – accountants need to align professional competence and due care with AI and machine learning In Pakistan, 31 per cent of accountants currently see AI as all or mostly hype, while 65 per cent say that in three years’ time it…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Pak-Qatar Takaful and IBA-CEIF jointly host an awareness session on “Takaful Practices in Pakistan” at the IBA city campus for over 100 graduating Islamic Scholars (Mufti-yaane-ikram) from various renowned Madaris (Islamic Jurisprudence Universities), including Muftis from Jamia Darul Uloom and Jamia tur Rasheed. The founding Director of IBA-CEIF, Ahmed Ali Siddiqui gave a welcome speech to all the esteemed participants and speakers. The keynote speakers comprised of Pak-Qatar Takaful renowned Shari’a Advisory Board members, Mufti Hassaan Kaleem and Dr. Mufti Ismatullah. The event was also attended by senior management of Pak-Qatar Takaful who gave special thank you…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The Women in Finance Society of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Pakistan, in partnership with FTAC, organised an intensive training programme ‘Women in Business – Making Pakistan Prosperous’ for aspiring women entrepreneurs and finance professionals in Lahore. Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI), Technology Incubation Centre KICS, UET and Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) also collaborated in the event and were represented by their senior leadership. Begum Perveen Sarwar, Vice Chair, Sarwar Foundation and the wife of Governor Punjab, Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar was the Chief Guest and in her speech she…

Benazir Bhutto encountered unique problems of being a woman in politics, says Mark Siegel in an exclusive interview given to SouthAsia Magazine for its April 2019 issue. The interview is part of the magazine’s cover story on the PPP which has appeared in its April 2019 issue, titled ‘Is the Party Losing the Pulse?’ In the interview, Mark Siegel talks about his long association with the PPP and Benazir Bhutto. He refers to one particular meeting which Benazir Bhutto and Hillary Clinton had when they met in the Oval Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in May, 1998. He believes…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The International Public Sector Accounting Conference, hosted by ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), was successfully held in Prague, Czech Republic. The two-day annual conference focused on the sustainability of public sector accounting and attracted hundreds of public sector professionals from the public sector including Zamir Ahmad, Deputy Auditor General, Pakistan. The sustainable development of infrastructure was one of the important topics at the conference. The conference also included the launch of a flagship new report from ACCA on bridging the infrastructure gap’. The sustainability themed event covered a number of broad and inter-related subjects including,…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir)  The Jinnah Society in conjunction with Lightstone Publishers Limited, launched the fourth edition of “The Jinnah Anthology”. The recent edition like the other three has been compiled and edited by Liaquat Merchant and Professor Sharif al Mujahid. Unlike most other books on the Quaid, which are either biographies, histories, records, or recollections, the contents of ‘The Jinnah Anthology’ are uniquely varied. There is something of interest and value for everyone – the scholar as well as the student, the historian and the general reader. Adding to the value of the book is the fact that some of…

In Pakistan, the unemployment rate estimates the number of people effectively searching for an occupation as a level of the work compelling. Unemployment Rate in Pakistan stayed unaltered at 5.90 percent in 2017 from 5.90 percent in 2016. Unemployment Rate in Pakistan found the middle value of 5.49 percent from 1985 until 2017, achieving an unsurpassed high rate of 7.80 percent in 2002 and a record low of 3.10 percent in 1987. Finding perfect Jobs in Pakistan is much difficult compare to other countries because of literacy rate and low opportunities. Darsaal.com comes with a perfect platform to search jobs…

The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is known for its feature of being 24 hours throughout its 11 days event Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) For the first time in Pakistan, the World’s Biggest Book Sale – the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is coming to Lahore this April! Be ready to experience a staggering collection of more than one million brand-new English language books at an astonishing 50% – 90% discount. Doors will open at 9.00am on April 19, 2019 and close at 11.59pm on April 29, 2019. Taking place at Hall 3, Lahore Expo Centre, the entrance to the sale…