Syed Mussarat Khalil

Saudi Gazette



JEDDAH — The Engineers Welfare Forum (EWF) held a workshop on "Pakistan a Way Forward" at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce  and  Industry (JCCI) Thursday.



Vice  Chairman of JCCI Mazen Batterjee graced the occasion as the chief guest.



Apart from Pakistani engineers, many guests from Saudi Council of Engineers, popular Arab businessmen like Osama Qubani and  other  professionals participated in the workshop.



The program  started with the recitation of a few verses from the Qur'anic verses Engineer Muhammad Asif.

General Secretary of  EWF Engineer Masroor Elahi conducted the proceeding.



President of EWF Dr. Abdul Aleem Khan enlightened the audience about the forum's activities.



The forum is working  with  JCCI and VTI training institute, a first Pak- Saudi  educational  joint  venture.



EWF  also  has  MOU from  Saudi  Council of  Engineers  to  work  together  on  developing   engineering  professional  activities.



He expressed his gratitude to the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques  King  Abdullah  and  Crown  Prince  Salman Bin  Abdul  Aziz  for  the  fraternal  relationship  between  Pakistan  and  Saudi  Arabia  and  hosting  million  of  Pakistanis  workers  in  the Kingdom.



Head of  JCCI Engineer Talal Samarkandi spoke “Individual Development.



 President of Institution of  Engineers  Pakistan (IEP) - Saudi  Chapter Engineer Syed Jaleel  Hassan, delivered his talk on "Engineering Development is the key to Industry."



He said that 57 percent of the world’s project are related to engineering.



Managing  Director of Pakistan Pakistan  Elektron  Ltd (PEL) Haroon Khan was the key note speaker.



He  highlighted  the  challenges Pakistanis face  today  in terms  of three Es - economy, energy  and  extremism.



He  said that the present  government  has  taken  serious  initiatives  on  activating  several  power  projects.



Batterjee congratulated the EWF  for holding  an informative workshop. 



He  said: "Pakistanis  are  talented  and  helping  Saudi  Arabia’s  development  and  JCCI  and  EWF  will  develop  the  talent  and  skills  of  Saudis and  Pakistani  workers  through  Vocational  Training  Institute  which  will  conduct 15  important  workshop  to  improve  their  skills."





Shields were  given to Haroon Khan, Batterjee, and engineers Zaheer Qayum, Humayun Hussain Taqi  and Syed  Ehsanul  Haque.



Chairman  of  the  Advisory Board Engieer Altaf  Hussain  Awan  presented the concluding  remarks on the presentations  delivered by the speakers in the workshop.