Corporate governance: PTCL’s annual report earns SAFA award
The certificate awarding ceremony will be held in Colombo on March 22-23, 2013.
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest information communication technology service provider in Pakistan, won distinction for the country, with the South Asian Federation of Accountants (Safa) conferring the ‘Best Presented Accounts Award 2011’ to the company, in the category of ‘Communication and Information Technology’. The award is presented to companies that exceed industry standards in quality and transparency of financial reporting parameters. SAFA, consisting of the institutes of chartered and management accountants in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries, holds these awards every year for different categories on the basis of evaluation of the published annual reports of companies across the region to improve transparency, accountability and governance in financial reporting. “We are honoured to have our report recognised globally,” commented Farah Qamar, company secretary of PTCL. The certificate awarding ceremony will be held in Colombo on March 22-23, 2013 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2013.
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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest information communication technology service provider in Pakistan, won distinction for the country, with the South Asian Federation of Accountants (Safa) conferring the ‘Best Presented Accounts Award 2011’ to the company, in the category of ‘Communication and Information Technology’. The award is presented to companies that exceed industry standards in quality and transparency of financial reporting parameters. SAFA, consisting of the institutes of chartered and management accountants in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries, holds these awards every year for different categories on the basis of evaluation of the published annual reports of companies across the region to improve transparency, accountability and governance in financial reporting. “We are honoured to have our report recognised globally,” commented Farah Qamar, company secretary of PTCL. The certificate awarding ceremony will be held in Colombo on March 22-23, 2013 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2013.
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