By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features
Services)
The Chairman,
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Syed Abdul Qadir Shah, has assured the
engineers to receive good news about their service structure with time scale
promotions very soon.
Addressing a big
gathering of engineers from across Pakistan at a dinner hosted by the PEC at
Hotel Beach Luxury on October, he recalled PEC’s suggestion in this regard was
agreed to by the then Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, and now it has
to go through lengthy bureaucratic process for implementation and the Council
was on it.
He pointed out
that there are about 20,000 engineers in federal/provincial departments and
autonomous bodies but they did not possess any service structure nor were given
automatic time scale promotions.
Referring to
PEC’s achievements, Qadir Shah informed the audience that the Council has been
awarded provisional membership of Washington Accord, Engineering Mobility Forum
(EMF) and is also collaborators of Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and
Singapore (IES), Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Jaban Accreditation
Board of Engineering Education (JA BEE) and other such prestigious Forums.
He disclosed
that, in recognition of its efforts, the mega event of 5th World Engineering Congress (KIEC) will
be held in Islamabad
Pointing out that
over the years there has been a communication gap between the PEC and the
engineering community of the country he assured that the present Governing
Body can dispel this impression through concerted actions.
“We will try that
the actions and initiatives taken by the PEC are shared regularly and
effectively with the engineer’s community while a system was also in place to
get their feedback,” he stated.
He said one of
the reason for the pitiful conditions of engineers’ community in Pakistan was
lack of opportunities and to overcome this shortcoming, the PEC has decided to
promote culture of socialization and at least one social gathering will
take place in each major city in a year.
