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I t is my
singular privilege to highlight NESPAK's excellent performance
during the year ending June 30, 2007. The year (2006-2007) was even
more successful than the previous year especially in terms of
business acquisition and was a record breaking year. The fee
contracted during the year was Rs. 5.1 billion i.e., 17% more than
the last year. This continuing growth and success in a challenging
and highly competitive environment vouches for our capabilities and
credibility within Pakistan and abroad. Due to quality performance,
business has been revived in certain areas which had been dormant.
In a nutshell, 136 jobs were secured during the year, out of which
111 were local and 25 were foreign.
Important overseas
projects won during the year include Development of Seeb and Salalah
Airports, Salalah-Thumrait Road in Oman, Ras Issa Crude Oil Export
Terminal Facility in Yemen, Tabouk Powerplant No.2 Extension,
Madinah Al-Munawara and Al-Baha Secondary Roads and Najran Storm
Water Drainage Project in Saudi Arabia.
Throughout the year, NESPAK remained actively
involved in reconstruction activities in Afghanistan. The design of
a hostel for Rehman Baba School for 1000 students at Kabul has
been completed while construction works remained in progress on
Kidney Centre at Jalalabad, Allama Iqbal Faculty of Arts at Kabul,
Engineering Faculty Block at Bulkh University in Mazar-e-Sharif and
additional carriageway of Torkham-Jalalabad Road. Survey and master
planning for industrial parks at Jalalabad and Kabul have been
completed while detailed engineering design and tender documents are
in progress for Jalalabad Industrial Park.
NESPAK continued to maintain its position as one
of the largest consultancy organizations of the developing world.
During the year, the average staff strength was 2,303 employees
including 1,795 professionals besides 780 on
temporary
employment. Total projects acquired to date were 2,379 in Pakistan
and 393 abroad with a cumulative contracted fee of Rs. 21.4 billion
and Rs. 5.6 billion respectively.
Quality has always
been given foremost importance in NESPAK. This has been achieved
through maintaining the ISO 9001 Quality Management System as well
as continuously improving the quality of services by carrying out
necessary improvements in work practices stipulated in the Quality
Management System. During the year, Internal Quality Audits (IQA)
reports were prepared by Quality Management Team (QMT) after
carrying out audit of various divisions which were later closed
after ensuring implementation of recommended corrective actions.
Evergreen
Certification was revalidated by the Lead Auditor/Technical Expert
of Moody International, Pakistan after carrying out External
Surveillance Audits of NESPAK QMS in December 2006 and June 2007 in
all NESPAK offices at Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.
Imparting technical
and professional training to its staff to enhance skills has always
been the strong point of NESPAK's policy. 87 professional and
management training programmes were arranged during the year in
Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad by NESPAK Professional Development
Centre covering the fields of human resource development,
information technology, disaster management, financial management
and soft skills in management.
The success story of
NESPAK can rightfully be attributed to team work of professional
staff and to the use of advanced technologies in execution of
various jobs. Client satisfaction has always been the hallmark of
NESPAK, resulting in progressive increase in business acquisition
every year.
In order to survive
in this highly competitive world we cannot relent and be content
with what we have. We have to continuously look for new ways to
deploy the huge human resource potential for the benefit of clients.
We have to keep our goal higher and have to work together towards a
better tomorrow.
We resolve to
achieve higher targets in the future through continuous improvement
in our performance. May Allah help us achieve our objectives.
Karamat Ullah
Chaudry
Managing Director & President |
