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Governance, Transparency and Service to Members & Students www.icap.org.pk student section What’s New at ICAP Education & company (also registered as a Training Organisation of ICAP) to embark on a corporate career while Training Program simultaneously training and passing ICAP examinations to become a qualified chartered accountant for an New Registered Accounting Education Tutors (RAETs): uninterrupted career advancement. The network of educational institutions expanded further as two new Accounting Education Tutors were New Training Organisations inside Practice (TOiPs): registered (one each in Rawalpindi and Islamabad), Five new audit firms were added in the existing network raising their number to 32 now. Contact details of the of TOiPs, three in Lahore and two in Karachi, increasing the new RAETs are as under: total number to 202. The new firms are: Aqeel Alam & Co. Lahore; Bilal Zia & Co. Lahore; Hafiz Arshad & Co. Lahore; ■ Center for Professional Excellence: D-146, Anwar Mazars M. F. & Co. Karachi and Saleem Associates, Karachi. Education Plaza, near Midway Centrum, 6th Road, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi. Phone: 051-4853303, New Training Organisations outside Practice (TOoPs): 4580332. Email: [email protected] Three new companies were added in the existing ■ Professionals Education Network: Suite 4, 2nd network of TOoPs, two in Karachi and one in Lahore, Floor, Al-Babar Center, F-8 Markaz, Islamabad. Phone: increasing the total number to 14. The new TOoPs are: 051-2855506-7. Email: [email protected] National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited, Karachi; ICI Pakistan Limited, Karachi and Descon Engineering New APP: One of the existing RAETs in Islamabad Limited, Lahore. (College of Business & Finance) was granted the status of an Approved Presentation and Communication Skills Engagement with the RAETs: In order to connect Course Provider (APP), increasing the number of APPs to with RAETs, The Institute of Chartered Accountants 28 now. Contact details of the new APP are as under: of Pakistan (ICAP) Education & Training team started its engagement drive. The team comprised executive ■ College of Business & Finance: Taj Plaza, (Comwave director Tariq Kaleem, deputy director Salman Abbasi Building), near PSO, F-8 Markaz, Islamabad. Phone: 0333- and deputy manager Moazzam Ali visited the Tabani’s 5777109. E-mail: [email protected] School of Accountancy (TSA), PECHS, Karachi on April 21, 2017 and met and exchanged views of mutual Career Counselling Session at IBA, Karachi: Institute interest with the principal, Sharif Tabani and the faculty. of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi is a recognised Earlier, in the day, the team visited Escribir College, Specific Degree Awarding Institution (SDAI) of ICAP. The Clifton, Karachi and met with principal, Luqman Rafiq graduates of BS (Accounting & Finance) Program enjoy and the faculty. exemption in 13 examinations with an accelerated training period of three years. Everyone appreciated ICAP’s initiative to reach out to RAETs and understand their situation. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) conducted an interactive career counselling session at IBA, Engagement with Training Organisations inside Karachi (Main Campus) for the finalists of BS (Accounting Practice: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of & Finance) on April 13, 2017. The graduating class met Pakistan (ICAP) Education & Training team comprising with the young CA alumnus, Anum Nadia from Coca Cola executive director Tariq Kaleem, deputy director Salman and ICAP officials, Omair Jamal, senior director Education Abbasi and deputy manager Noor Ali visited various & Training Policy and Salman Abbasi, deputy director Training Organisations inside Practice as part of its Education & Training Operations and exchanged views. engagement initiative. The team visited Deloitte Yousuf Adil, BDO Ebrahim & Co. and Riaz Ahmad, Saqib, Gohar IBA students were fascinated by the newly introduced & Co. at Karachi. option of training in the corporate sector, Training Organisations outside Practice (TOoP). They expressed The team met with Zulfiqar Ali Causer, Raheel Shanawaz, interest in joining a leading multinational or national partners and others at BDO Ebrahim & Co., Mushtaq June 2017 29