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Newsletter The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan Celebrations of CA Women’s Day 2018 he CA Women’s Committee organised the CA Women’s winners were selected by an independent jury comprising T Day on March 28, April 7 and 14, 2018 in Karachi, Yacoob Suttar, past president ICAP; Rashid Ibrahim, past Lahore and Islamabad respectively. The events were Council member ICAP and Nausheen Ahmad, company graced by Council and Regional Committee members, past secretary and head Legal, Habib Bank Limited (HBL). presidents, senior professionals, female members, trainees, academia, and seasoned entrepreneurs in all three cities. The winners were selected based on the predefined The president ICAP Riaz A. Rehman Chamdia and VP-South criteria from the pool of names nominated by the ICAP Farrukh Rehman attended the event in Karachi and members. CA Women Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 VP-North ICAP Jafar Husain attended the events in Lahore was presented to Roshan Mehri, CEO Family Office House and Islamabad. of Habib and one of the senior most members of ICAP. The CA Woman of the Year 2018 Award went through a The keynote speakers of the events in Karachi, Lahore and tough competition and was shared by Muneeza Usman Islamabad were: Shazad Dada, CEO Standard Chartered Butt, partner KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. and Sohab Mushtaq, Bank, Fauzia Viqar, chairperson Punjab Commission on Status head of Accounts Mari Petroleum Company Limited. of Women and Bushra Aslam, executive director Securities & Aspiring CA Student of the Year 2018 was awarded to Rida Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) respectively. Waseem, a gold medalist in CA Final Examination 2017. A special award was presented to Farida Hamid, officer Dr. Zeelaf Munir, CEO English Biscuit Manufacturers Admin ICAP for her 25 years’ service with ICAP. (EBM), Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha, finance minister Punjab, Marriyam Aurangzeb, minister of State for Information and The key takeaways from all the three events of the Broadcasting, graced the events as chief guests in Karachi, Women’s Day were women empowerment, creating Lahore and Islamabad respectively. enabling working environment and opportunities for women to bring them into the workforce for enhancement Besides keynote speeches, panel discussions and brain of economic activity, highlighting CA women talent storming activities kept the audience engaged. A special for leadership positions and attracting more women feature of the program was the CA Women Awards. The in finance to bridge the gender gap in CA profession. Karachi 24 May 2018