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Hina Usmani represents Pakistan at NSS Forum in Sydney at WCOA 2018

During the World Congress of Accountants in Sydney held in November 2018, Hina Usmani, Council Member ICAP represented on behalf of Auditing Standards and Ethics Committee of ICAP in the National Standard Setters (NSS) Forum Meeting on an invitation from the Australian Auditing and Assurance Board. The participants were present from many jurisdictions including Senior […]

LUMS Internship program – 2018

The closing ceremony of LUMS Internship Program 2018 was held at UCO office in Karachi on 3rd August, 2018 The aim of this internship program was to provide high-quality internship experience for BSc Accounting & Finance students in Professional Services.

Importance of women entrepreneurs

The role of women has evolved over the years in the society. From joining the corporate as well as the government sector and holding key positions, there is no field as such in which the women counterparts have not proved. Same is the case as to being entrepreneurs, which comes with a lot of challenges […]

Best Ways to implement Corporate Governance in Small Companies

Corporate Governance is the system of rules, practices and processes to facilitate effective, entrepreneurial and prudent management to deliver the long-term success of a company.  The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines corporate governance as: “Corporate governance involves a set of relationships between a company’s management, its board, its shareholders and other stakeholders. […]

Women on Board

“When women participate in the economy everyone benefits” (Hillary Clinton) Those who favor diversity perceive that women recruitment on board is a “strategic necessity”. Women can make specific contribution to an organization. A multilevel analysis of a large US dataset shows that there is indeed a large and robust difference between male and female personalities. […]