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By Ali Ahmad "I want Pakistan to win today. Desperately. But let me be clear: I will not become more Pakistani than I already am if we win. Nor will I become a lesser Pakistani if we lose." The crazies part of subcontinent is its love for Cricket and nothing could be more interesting than watching Pakistan and India playing against each other, let alone if they are playing in a world cup semi final. So we set to ask our friends in accountancy bodies t
By Ali Ahmad Despite under scrutiny and tough regulations from Regulatory bodies, one part of famous (or some say infamous) big four, KPMG is going on head to head with BDO (world's fifth largest network of accounting firms) in Brazil. [caption id="attachment_2377" align="alignnone" width="300" caption=""] [/caption] According to Accounting Today, BDO RCS Auditores Independentes, formerly a member of the Crowe Horwath network, will be joining BDO’s ne
By Aamna Waheed Many ACCA students and affiliates in their efforts to pursue a better financial dream fly away to UK. Although we missed those times when they all could work there but now their Visa dictates a limited number of working hours. [caption id="attachment_2368" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="UK Banking Industry"][/caption] But for those who made it to the desired Home Office levels and get a chance to work full time in UK, this news might
By Admin I'm writing this article as a response to the letter published on 9th march 2011, (ACCA Pakistan is sleeping). There was a time when people did not know much about ACCA/CAT qualification. But now even the housewives (whose most of the time spend in kitchen) are aware of this highly professional course. People living in Pakistan do not know much about the ICAP's and courses of other bodies but they know A to Z of ACCA/CAT course. The reason for this populari
By Bilal Siddiqui The Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board (AADB) has started querying the members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and accountants from Deloitte over the audit of failed Aero Inventory PLC. The aero group of companies called in joint administrators from KPMG on November 2009 after incurring losses that amounted to $11 billion according to KPMG partner Jim Tucker. Prior to the administration, Aero
By Admin ACCA and CIMA are two of the leading professional bodies and as providers of some of the best finance and business qualifications in the world they have ethics at their core. If you take a step back though, they are arguably in competition with each other and here’s an important question: Have they been ethical in their approach to competing with each other? In my opinion the answer is a resounding yes, and it’s a good example
By Bilal Siddiqui A top official from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) is visiting Sri Lanka next week to promote the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between ICAEW and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) in October last year which aims to enhance the accountancy profession in both countries. ICAEW’s Head of New Business Opportunities, Justin West is expected to arrive on March 13 on a two-day visit wh
By Ali Ahmad As part of PakistanACCA, I'm not only proud to be the part of fastest growing and largest accountancy news website but I'm also proud for what our team stands for. Partnering with Shahina Aftab Foundation for International Women's Day Conference in Islamabad wasn't just to cater attention but to show our trust in efforts made by Mrs. Noor Aftab (director finance SAF) to help women in Pakistan. And I'd especially thanks to Mr. Arif Masud Mirza (who is curren
By Ali Ahmad In another interesting turn of events, Afghan government start blaming A.F.Ferguson & Co of Pakistan, a member of PriceWaterCoopers. The finance ministry of Afghanistan said that an “erroneous” audit and inadequate help from international banking advisers compounded financial problems at the embattled Kabul bank. These comments came after a top U.S. Treasury Department official visited Kabul Thursday to discuss improving oversight of the n
By Admin Dear PakistanACCA, I would like to use your platform to write something and to recall ACCA Pakistan office that we're not paying subscription fees to receive everything late and face imposing policies on us. It is now usual for them to say sorry or to say we can understand. From what I feel is that it is really hard for them understand our view point let alone feeling our problems. First, you impose your decision about Student Acc