Committed to helping solve some of today’s most pressing issues, Engro operates a range of businesses to enable growth for Pakistan

Karachi
Joined August 2013
"We have neglected the young population of our nation because we did not concentrate on skills development and equipping them to become entrepreneurs. Now we have partnered with @wef to cover the skills gap and have laid a fund for startups." -Prime Minister, @ImranKhanPTI.
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Jawad Khan, CEO, PSDF, has had the opportunity of meeting with international forums that are seeking to close the skills gap worldwide, between what the economies are demanding and what our systems are producing in creating a workforce that responds to those needs.
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"Data is extremely important in the modern era and for the progression of the country, the private and public sector needs to collaborate." - @sayedzbukhari, Special Assistant to the PM for Overseas Pakistanis & HRD.
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@sayedzbukhari further added, " Parwaaz program is integral across the board, for all ministries & departments. The more data we have, the more efficient we will be. Digitalization will lead to progression of our departments."
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"Companies have clearly identified the need for upskilling & reskilling people & what you see in this program is public & private sector coming together and aligning on the emerging needs of the businesses to adopt technology." - Mr. Ghias Khan, President & CEO Engro Corporation.
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Mr. Ghias Khan, President & CEO Engro Corporation (Parwaaz Co-chair Agriculture & Foods) on the future business needs, "The businesses will require new skills in order for them to maintain the previous workforce, they need to upskill."
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"The initiative Parwaaz & PSDF have taken is very timely; it is a very good model of a public-private partnership and Engro is very proud to be a part of it." - Mr. Ghias Khan, President & CEO Engro Corporation (Parwaaz Co-chair Agriculture & Foods)
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Automation & skills like data transformation, cybersecurity, & data analytics have become essential. Ghias Khan, President & CEO, Engro Corp, on embracing the work from home environment at the event organized by PSDF in partnership with @wef on closing the skills gap in Pakistan.
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He added, "As an essential service provider, it was quite a challenge to provide a safe environment for our employees and at the same time recognize our responsibility to the nation in ensuring that the assets we operate continue to run, especially in a crisis."
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"We had launched our digitization initiative in the past 24 months that enabled us to run efficiently, keep the workforce engaged and keep the businesses running." - Ghias Khan, President & CEO Engro Corporation (Parwaaz Co-chair Agriculture & Foods)
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Engro honors and appreciates its employees, workers, engineers and farmers, who with their hard work and determination are contributing to ensure sustainable development in Pakistan. #InternationalMenDay #ENablingGROwth #LifeatEngro
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Ghias Khan, President & CEO, Engro Corporation, shares lessons learned and good practices on how the organization adjusted business continuity in the ‘new normal’, at the 'CEO Talks - Safe Working in the times of Covid -19' webinar by @cerb_pbc piped.video/watch?v=cY7_ZGQN…
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"We have literacy rate of 67% and we have 20 million children who are out of school and the pandemic created further problem for the education of children." Shafqat Mahmood, Minister of Education.
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He added, "There is an educational apartheid where we have an elite based educational system. Then we have government schools which have been neglected. And then we have religious schools where each institution has a different curriculum."
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Shafqat Mahmood, Minister of Education at The Future Summit "An education gives you a way of understanding and looking at the world and if you are taught different things then it means that there is no such thing as a collective psyche of the nation, (1/2)
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He added, "There is an educational apartheid where we have an elite based educational system. Then we have government schools which have been neglected. And then we have religious schools where each institution has a different curriculum."
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Shafqat Mahmood, Minister of Education at The Future Summit "An education gives you a way of understanding and looking at the world and if you are taught different things then it means that there is no such thing as a collective psyche of the nation, (1/2)
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it is a divided psyche and we are trying to address this through the single national curriculum." (2/2)
it is a divided psyche and we are trying to address this through the single national curriculum." (2/2)
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"Pakistan has not had political stability over its 72 years of existence and a proof of that is no single prime minister has concluded his term in the office and the political transitions have been costly." - Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh at The Future Summit
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Drip irrigation helps conserve water and improves the growth of crops. With the use of PVC pipes in drip irrigation system, the watering time for plants can be extended, and it will prevent soil erosion and nutrient depletion. #MaterialsForLIfe #ENablingGROwth
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Dr. Shamshad Akhtar at The Future Summit, "Convergence of covid to climate crisis call for reflection of convergence of solutions. (1/2)
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Three areas where action is warranted: 1) incentivization to push green industry to enhance supply of solutions. 2) Technologies to support energy & support transformation. 3) Energy efficiency and conservation is a must." (2/2)
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