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Newsletter www.icap.org.pk Volume 42 Issue 1 | January 2019 Governance, Transparency and Service to Members and Students contents HAPPY 2019 meets & events ICAP President’s Visit to Bangladesh 6 meets & events Tenth Annual Meeting of Asian-Oceanian Standard-Setters Group 8 SAFA Best Presented Annual Report National Finance Olympiad 2018 2017 Awards Gap Analysis of Best Corporate Report Criteria with SAFA Best Presented Accounts Criteria 9 CA Education Vision 2021 - Focus Group Meetings with Key Stakeholders Seminar on Sharing of Observations Noted during QCRs 11 Trainee Induction Fair, Karachi & Lahore 12 Group Activity for Team Building of 17 ICAP North Staff Pakistani Oxford Academic Awarded 19 Prestigious British Academy Fellowship ICAP Employee Presents Research Paper at Elsevier’s International Conference CA Toastmasters Club, Karachi, Lahore, 20 Islamabad &F aisalabad overseas news Canada Chapter CPD Session on Exploring 26 the Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Canada Launch of ‘INSIGHT’ by Canada Chapter National Finance Champions 2018, Professionals' Academy of Commerce receiving trophy. Abu Dhabi Workshop on IFRS 27 he Professional Accountants in Business Committee (PAIBC) of member news 29 T The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), in collaboration with Unilever Pakistan Limited, organised the National technical update Finance Olympiad (NFO) 2018 for the fourth consecutive year. Update: ICAP Grand Finale of NFO was held on December 20, 2018 at a local hotel Update: Local Corporate Regulatory 30 in Karachi. Framework Update: International 31 The event commenced with the recitation from the Holy Quran and Update: Tax 32 national anthem. In his opening remarks, Khalilullah Sheikh, chairman student section PAIBC and Council member ICAP, welcomed the participants and Career Counselling 34 reiterated the concept and objectives of the Pakistan’s most sought after Record Applicants for Edhi CA-Talent finance competition. While deliberating the main purpose of the event, Scholarships in 2018 he highlighted the objective of engaging the finance professionals in Revision Classes for CFAP and MSA Levels 35 Students their professional development in a unique way, put them in a healthy Examination News 36 competition and encourage them to discover their potential, exhibit feedback 36 their talent and celebrate their competence in a befitting manner. Chartered Accountants Avenue, Clifton, Karachi-75600 (Pakistan) UAN: 111-000-422 PABX: 99251636-39 Fax: 99251626 Email: [email protected]