Archive for February, 2011
By Ali Ahmad
The Indian government today postponed the convergence of Indian accounting standards with the international standards, thanks to the relentless lobbying by corporates, and unresolved taxation issues. Although many observers already predicted this delay.
According to Indian Express, the Indian government wanted to converge with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from April 1, 2011 in a phased manner. However, corporates had been lobbying hard to defer
February 27, 2011
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I received a call first thing this morning from an individual that shall remain nameless. He was really pleased as he had just received his ACCA exam results and he had passed his final two exams.
He was so pleased that he actually said today was better than his wedding day (hence the decision for him to remain anonymous in case his wife who is also an accountant is reading!).
ACCA exam results day and wedding days certainly are memorable and over in Ho
February 24, 2011
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By Bilal Siddiqui
Apparently, the Engro Rupiya of Engro Company lost its facebook page. According to our search the page was last used on Thursday. According to the last status, a Pakistani hacker claimed that the page was hacked and he brings it back and is looking for the real admin.
The supposedly hacker claimed that the page was hacked by some Albanian hacker. If you go through the conversation after the status you might wonder if some friends are having a funny casual chat but the previ
February 13, 2011
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By Bilal Siddiqui (Karachi - Pakistan)
We all know ACCA presence on facebook and we are all very unimpressed till weeks ago when ACCA started (finally started) answering queries from prospective and current students. Although many residing in 178 countries (except UK) are still not impressed just because of one single reason.
"If you're global then act global. If you're assisting students for exam center during snow time (no doubt the snow was terrible) then others might feel pretty much ign
February 9, 2011
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Press Release (Lahore - Pakistan)
World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF – Paksiatn) and Center for Financial Excellence (CFE) has signed an MoU to jointly work towards spreading environmental education and creating a new generation of youngsters who are aware of conservation issues of our country. College and University level students will be hosted by WWF – Pakistan for exhaustive ‘Eco Internships’, where they will learn about conservation issues through theory and practical fie
February 9, 2011
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By Taha Kazmi (Ireland)
I have been fascinated with PakistanACCA.com and its glad to see that Pakistani accountancy and audit community is now becoming more and more professional. I studied in Pakistan and in our times many consider accountancy, accountants and auditors, a synonym of a boring life. In fact many still think the same. But with media like these and others, I think accountancy could be a glamorous thing ;-)
So I decided to share another interesting fact of our industry. It g
February 9, 2011
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By Ahsan Sadaat (Lahore)
All history is the history of nations fighting for their rights, struggling for their freedom, dying for a cause and no cause is greater, no price higher, than the price for freedom. Men have toiled for it and bled for it, from the continent of America to India struggles for Independence movements have been a source of glory and pride for their people. A subjugated nation is a dead nation, the nation up in revolt reflects the strength and courage its people have to figh
February 4, 2011
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By Bilal Siddiqui
A senior leader of Muttahida (MQM), Sardar Ahmed wrote a letter to Chief minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Tuesday to convey his party`s concerns over the formation of the Sindh bank. According to a private TV Channel, Sardar opposed the bank and demand the government to review the decision and save Rs. 10 billion
DAWN mention sources who said that instead of blocking Rs10 billion in the Sindh Bank, the provincial government could easily set up a province-wide microfinan
February 3, 2011
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By Sabbir Ismail (Dhaka)
Dr Afra Sajjad, head of Education and Policy Development in Pakistan, will be visiting Bangladesh for a special seminar on "Professional Skills".
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This program has been specifically developed to support ACCA students' progress towards the ACCA Qualification and the achievement of ACCA's practical experience requirement, which is a mandatory requirement for ACCA membership
February 2, 2011
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Escribir College of advance studies aims to become the leading business institute in Pakistan with a vision to bring new horizon in education. We introduced international teaching techniques and advanced technologies and methodologies of teaching to improve the way education is provided. For this reason Escribir is launching a unique diploma of HDA/HND for the first time in Karachi.
HDA/HND is a diploma that is recognized globally and is awarded by the BIMS and Edexcel, a renowned a
February 2, 2011
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