Archive for October, 2010
By Aamna Waheed
ACCA Pakistan is organizing an event "Accountancy Futures Symposium" for members of all chartered accountancy bodies. Professional - or shall we say - High profile individuals and professionals are invited from all over the Pakistan's corporate fraternity.
The event in Marriott Hotel, Karachi, will hopefully discuss critical issues for tomorrow's profession. ACCA explain this as the most innovative and exciting event in 2010.
Though many senior professionals I spoke with
October 31, 2010
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By Bilal Siddiqui
The State Bank of Pakistan Thursday notified the de-scheduling of Al Baraka Islamic Bank Pakistan operations on account of its merger with and into Emirates Global Islamic Bank Limited with effect from the close of business on October 29, 2010 (today).
The State Bank has also notified the change of name of Emirates Global Islamic Bank Ltd to AlBaraka Bank (Pakistan) Ltd with effect from the above mentioned date.
This will intensify the competition in banking indus
October 29, 2010
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By Ayesha Adil
A Little Background for those outside Lahore:
Nasir Abbas is a Charted Accountant ,CFA (LEVEL III candidate) and Masters of Economics and a very well known name of Financial area in Accountancy institutes in Lahore. He developed his teaching skills in papers of C.A.T papers (T1,T3 and T6) and in ACCA papers F3,F7 and F9.
For ICAP students, Nasir is teaching Financial Accounting (MODULE B & C) BFD (MODULE F).
He Joined PAC in November 2008 then he moved to CFE
October 29, 2010
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Tonysurridge.co.uk is back again with their new ACCA paper F9 Diagnostic test. This is their second launch this month after F5 Diagnostics. The following statement is from their submitted press release to Pakistanacca.
The team at TonySurridge have worked hard to get this much needed ACCA F9 practice paper ready and published in good time before the exams in December 2010. Following hot on the heels of their recent E-book launch for their ACCA F5 Diagnostic Tests title, this similarly styled
October 27, 2010
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By Ali Ahmad
Renowned news sources confirmed that State Bank of Pakistan issued a no-objection-certificate to the Sindh government for this purpose.
According to Express News, State Bank spokesperson Syed Waseem Ahmad confirmed that the NOC had been issued. However, he added that the Sindh government would have to fulfill regulatory requirements to the get a licence for the bank.
And according to Business Recorder, Sindh Government is committed to spend Rs. 10 Billion for the creati
October 27, 2010
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By Bilal Siddiqui
[11:37] ACCA global website is down for last one hours. According to website message, the downtime is because of heavy traffic.
October 26, 2010
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Press Release
As part of ACCA continued efforts to develop excellence in professional accounting education and establish best practices amongst tertiary accounting education providers, ACCA Pakistan organised “Train The Trainer” workshop on 26 October 2010 in Lahore. Dr Afra Sajjad, Head of Education and Policy Development of ACCA Pakistan and Mr Fasi Zaka were the event facilitators.
The workshop participants were faculty members of ACCA Approved Learning Partners and tuition prov
October 26, 2010
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By Danial Hussain
Mirchawala's Hub of Accountancy announces One day workshop for ACCA paper F8 (Audit and Assurance).
The workshop will include full revision, past paper analysis, Q/A session and even breakfast and lunch. Subhan Ahmed, founder of the institute will be facilitating the workshop.
Venue: ICAP Auditorium
Timing: 08:00 am - 06:0o pm
Date: 27th November, 2010
Cost: Rs. 350/-
This press release was submitted by Mirchawala Hub of Accountancy. To submit your p
October 25, 2010
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By Ali Ahmad
Lot of ACCA students might already aware of the name Opentuition but only few know how they started and how they helped almost 100,000 students. Opentuition although started to offer extra course notes to students and the initial website design was more like a forum but with time they also start offering online video lectures for ACCA students.
So Pakistanacca decided to investigate and know a little more about the team and their efforts. We talked with Kris Klusek, one of
October 24, 2010
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By Ayesha Adil
After spreading the fire of FREE LAPTOPS, PAC has once again fulfilled its promise of “ Nation Building Through Professional Excellence” by introducing two new campuses in Lahore on 2nd October 2010, one in
Queen’ s Road with the name of YWCA Campus.
This campus has been established in collaboration with Young Women Christian Association (YWCA), in which Mr. Phinehas Salamat (FCA) is serving as the Principal, he also runs his own CA firm as a Sole Propriet
October 21, 2010
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