ACCA Pakistan Holds ‘Pakistan Leadership Conversation 2022’ to Discuss Key Drivers for Sustainable Growth

 ACCA Pakistan Holds ‘Pakistan Leadership Conversation 2022’ to Discuss Key Drivers for Sustainable Growth

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Pakistan, in collaboration with SEED Ventures, successfully hosted the inaugural Islamabad chapter of its flagship conferences Pakistan Leadership Conversation (PLC 2022).

The fourth version of PLC centered at the subject matter “Rethinking Our World: Sustainable Growth for Pakistan” and taken collectively leading policymakers, idea leaders, corporate influencers, academia, and enterprise operators for a talk focused on the electricity of digital, sustainability/ESG, ethics, and future-ready body of workers.

Shaukat Tarin, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, become the Chief Guest and shared his thoughts on rethinking public economic control and the way the government lead the healing after the pandemic.

He stated, “The COVID-19 health crisis fast was a global financial disaster. Pakistan suffered a massive loss due to the worldwide pandemic. To make sure consistent boom, the Pakistan government is focusing its efforts toward inclusive and sustainable development. Productivity and increase inside the agricultural zone will result in elevated industrialization. Innovating and growing the rural zone is imperative to this aim.”

“A tremendous roadblock in sustainable development is the import and export gap which the government aims to reduce within the future years. Govt’s policy focuses on the IT zone to harness its capacity to exponentially make contributions to exports and support Pakistan’s stability of payments,” Tareen similarly delivered.

Malik Amin Aslam, Federal Minister of Climate Change and Special Assistant to Prime Minister joined the occasion as Guest of Honour.

Speaking at the topic of sustainable growth, he said, “Pakistan is at the top 10 listing for nations maximum stricken by climate trade for over a decade. The authorities’s imaginative and prescient is focused on two primary pillars for weather movement. Pakistan is specializing in being a part of the answer with projects which include the advertising of smooth electricity use. We also hold to accept as true with and invest in nature as Climate danger wishes to be looked at not simplest just from an ecological lens but additionally a cheap lens.”

The first consultation, titled ‘Beyond the Pandemic – Roadmap to Pakistan’s Economic Recovery’ featured Muhammad Azfar Ahsan, Minister of State and Chairman, Board of Investment, Pakistan; Ayla Majid, ACCA Council Member, Founder and CEO Planetive; Sardar Abubakr, SEVP Mobilink Microfinance Bank; Barkan Saeed, CEO Viztech; Hassan Daud Butt, CEO KP Board of Investment & Trade; Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director – SDPI and Noor ul Ain Zafar, Head of Department Professional Qualifications, TMUC.

The second consultation featured Javed Iqbal, CCO STZA; Parvez Abbasi, Project Director, National Incubation Centre Islamabad; Aqsa Satti, Marketing Executive, ACCA Pakistan; Haroon Ahmad Jan, Regional Head of Member Affairs, ACCA MESA; Mujeeb Zahur, MD S&P Global; Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary, CEO Universal Service Fund; Ali Naseer, Chief Business Officer Jazz and Yasser Khan, VP of Products, QisstPay to talk about the subject, “Putting Pakistan at the Global Digital Map – Leapfrog into the destiny”.

Faisal Mushtaq (TI), Founder and Chairman, The Millennium Education Pakistan additionally joined the occasion and spoke at the electricity of the future-geared up personnel.

Helen Brand OBE, Chief Executive, ACCA Global joined the PLC 2022 really and highlighted ACCA’s contributions and continued dedication to sustainable improvement, announcing, “For ACCA, as accountants and as leaders, it’s approximately driving suitable, well-considered selections and enterprise strategies that remember humans and the planet, as well as income. It’s approximately a new manner of preserving score in commercial enterprise, a brand new way of measuring success and counting price that considers wider measures than the monetary backside line. It have to include influences at the environment and affects on society too.”

Speaking on the occasion, Assad Hameed Khan, Head of ACCA Pakistan, shared his thoughts on Pakistan’s direction to a sustainable financial system, announcing, ‘‘ACCA is dedicated to definitely influencing governments, policymakers, and regulators on sustainability matters, and expand the career in alignment with the SDGs. ACCA and ACCA individuals preserve to make contributions, collaborate and converge concept leaders to deliver conversations that discover excessive effect movement gadgets to force an inclusive social and financial increase for a sustainable Pakistan.”

ACCA also hosted another rite within the evening for their newly certified ACCA individuals and High Achievers titled, ‘New Members and High Achievers Ceremony 2022’ that celebrated their achievements as they maintain to embark on their professional journey, devoted to contributing to a sustainable Pakistan.

Andleeb Abbas, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs joined in as the Chief Guest.

Orla Collins, President, ACCA Global despatched in her message where spoke about her very own stories, pronouncing, “No count number how the landscape changes inside the years yet to come – and change it will – you already know that ACCA may be there with you. ACCA will be there for you – supplying all the assist, advice, and guide you may want or need.”

Starting in 2017, PLC has now come to be an essential annual occasion for folks that want to live updated with the ever-evolving commercial enterprise international and the accountancy profession. It has additionally cemented ACCA’s role as a superb-connector for key stakeholders.

The occasion changed into broadcasted live on ACCA’s social media pages with over 2 million fans in addition to ACCA’s international target audience which includes 233,000 individuals and 536,000 destiny individuals.