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Governance, Transparency and Service to Members & Students www.icap.org.pk ICAP & TEVTA Explore Avenues A large number of students along with the faculty members attended the event. The session was quite of Development in interactive. Bilal Zia started the event by introducing Underprivileged Areas the speakers and opened the house for students to raise their queries. Students raised questions about The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan the exemptions after completing their graduation, job (ICAP) executive director, Operations-North Razi Khan prospects, difference between CA and other accounting met chairman, Technical Education and Vocational qualification, stipend, work environment in firms, etc. Training Authority (TEVTA) Irfan Qaiser Sheikh to Responding to question on stipend, Asim Zulfiqar Ali discuss the different areas for development of skills in said looking into stipend is a narrow approach; students the underprivileged areas of Punjab on March 21, 2017. should look at the wider picture and keep in mind long- They discussed various avenues and areas of mutual term goals. interest where with the joint efforts of ICAP and TEVTA the talent in remote areas of Punjab could be identified Misbah Hassan Burney talked about acceptability of and developed, thus providing them better skills and CA Pakistan in other parts of the world. He shared his job opportunities. experience of working abroad after his CA and said CA Pakistan has a good reputation abroad, particularly in It was also agreed that a series of follow-up meetings the Gulf. Ammara Gondal guided students about the between the two institutes should be arranged so that importance of audit in financial analysis. the modalities can be figured out for the joint efforts and co-operation. LUMS faculty members who were present at the event Interactive Session at LUMS were Dr. Atifa Arif Dar, Dr. Omair Haroon and Waqar Ali. They also shared their experiences, gave suggestions to the students, and motivated students regarding CA. At the end of the event, students asked one to one questions from the representatives of ICAP; informatory brochures were distributed for further details regarding curriculum and exemptions. MARCOM at Annual Parent Teacher Meeting, Trust School, Lahore The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) Marketing and Communication (MARCOM) The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) invited by Lahore University of Management Sciences department participated in annual parent teacher (LUMS) Society of Professional Accountancy (LSPA) to meeting held at Thokar Niaz Baig and Wapda Town interact with the students of BS Accounting and Finance. campuses of The Trust School. Other renowned The session was held at LUMS on April 4, 2017. The institutes of Lahore also participated in the event and purpose of the event was to inform the students about put up their stalls. the chartered accountancy profession and to provide an opportunity to interact with professional chartered The purpose of the event was to guide parents accountants from industry and practice. about the profession of chartered accountancy and its future prospects. Students, teachers and parents Speakers of the event were Asim Zulfiqar Ali, partner visited ICAP’s stall and acquired information regarding A. F. Ferguson & Co.; Misbah Hasan Burney, director duration of the CA qualification, its curriculum, Finance Tetra Pack; Bilal Zia, practicing member and a training and job prospects. CA brochures were given professional trainer and Ammara Shamim Gondal, head to them for details of the curriculum and eligibility of Analytics and Ratings Uqab Corporation (Pvt. ) Ltd. criteria. May 2017 33