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Governance, Transparency and Service to Members & Students www.icap.org.pk valuable recommendations to the members to improve public speaking and leadership skills. The awards for best performance were won by: Best Table Topic Speaker: TM Aneel Peter; Best Prepared Speaker: TM JehanZeb Amin; Best Evaluator: TM Aneeqa Ali; and Best of Big 3: TM Malik Omair. The fourteenth meeting was held on February 23, 2017 and was themed ‘Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.’ Word of the week was ‘adjure’ meaning ‘to command solemnly.’ Seargent at Arms, TM Syed Mehran called the meeting to order and handed over the control of the meeting to presiding officer TM JehanZeb Amin. Toastmaster of FCA, the General Evaluator, provided very useful tips for the evening, TM Syed Mehran shared his views on the further improvements of the club. theme of the meeting. TM Faisal Shuja conducted an engaging Table Topic session, which prompted varied At the end of the meeting, the president, TM Zeeshan Abid, and interesting responses from the participants. The FCA, and ex-president TM Ahmad Jabbar, FCA, presented Table Topic session develops the ability of the members the awards for the Best Table Topic Speaker, Best Prepared to think on their feet and if need be, respond to any sort Speaker and Best Evaluator to TM Muhammad Zeeshan of question immediately. A tea break followed the Table Abid, TM Saqib Iqbal and TM Usman Ahsan respectively. Topics sessions. TM Aneel Peter delivered his third project from the Competent Communication Manual and held CPD Seminar in Faisalabad audience interest with his inspiring speech. TM Mudassir Ghulam delivered his seventh project from the Competent Communication Manual ‘Research your project’ wherein he shared the inspiring story of Thomas Edison’s invention of phonograph. TM JehanZeb Amin, as General Evaluator, applauded the dedication of members who attended the meeting and shared feedback of the meeting, recommending areas of growth and improvement for the speakers while applauding their strong areas. The Northern Regional Committee (NRC) of The Institute The awards for best performance were won by: Best of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) organised a Table Topic Speaker: TM Malik Omair; Best Prepared seminar on Changes in the Auditor’s Report on Speaker: TM Aneel Peter; Best Evaluator: TM Malik Omair; Financial Statements on March 1, 2017 at the ICAP and Best of Big 3: TM Faisal Shuja. Faisalabad office. The seminar was attended by around 50 participants. The program commenced with a ICAP Toastmaster Club Faisalabad recitation from the Holy Quran, and opening remarks by Hamid Masood, FCA, chairman Continuing Professional The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) Development (CPD) Committee. Then Jaffar Hussain, Toastmasters Club, Faisalabad conducted its 23rd meeting FCA, from The Professionals’ Academy of Commerce on March 9, 2017. The theme was Success through (PAC) group of colleges, delivered a presentation on the Synergies. TMM Usman Ghani, ACA, the Toastmaster of new auditor’s report on financial statements. the meeting, conducted the Prepared Speeches and Evaluation session. Prepared speakers brought in very The discussion was highly interactive, followed by a interesting speeches with diverse topics. The Table Topic detailed Q&A session with the audience. session was also very challenging and the participants were asked to respond to unexpected and offhand topics. The CPD chairman gave the vote of thanks, concluded The meeting was attended by ICAP students and guests the seminar and presented a souvenir to the speaker as who appreciated the purpose of the club and showed a gesture of appreciation. The seminar was followed by keen interest in joining it. TM Muhammad Zeeshan Abid, dinner. April 2017 19