TC Mar-Apr 2021 Issue

ACM Zaheer to take over
as PAF chief
Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar
Sidhu has been promoted as Air Chief
Marshal and appointed as the new
Chief of the Air Staff of Pakistan Air
Force (PAF). Born on April 16, 1965 Air
Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Baber Sidhu
OGDCL appoints new BoD chief
The board of
directors of Oil and
Gas Development
Company Limited
(OGDCL) in term
of section 192 of
the companies’
act 2017
appointed Zafar Masud as Chairman
Ajeet Kumar made Chief
Regulatory Officer of PSX
A j e e t
Kumar
has been
appointed
the Chief
Regulatory
Officer
(CRO) of
Pakistan Stock Exchange
(PSX).
Martin Dow Group announced
today that it has named Nutshell
Communications as their strategic
People & Events
was commissioned in GD(P) Branch
of Pakistan Air Force in April, 1986.
During his career, he has commanded
a Fighter Squadron, a Flying Wing, an
Operational Air Base and Regional Air
Command.
Presently, he is serving at Air
Headquarters, Islamabad as Deputy
Chief of the Air Staff (Administration). In
recognition of his outstanding services,
he has been awarded with Tamghai-Imtiaz
(Military), Sitara-i-Imtiaz
(Military) and Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military).
Meanwhile, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid
Anwar Khan will retire today (March 18)
on completion of his three-year tenure
as the PAF chief.
Board for a term of three years in
its meeting held on Wednesday
in Islamabad.
The members of board of directors
participated in this meeting which was
scheduled to appoint new chairman of
the board. Earlier in 11th extraordinary
general meeting of the company,
which was held on March 17, 2021 the
directors of the company were elected
Ajeet Kumar has
been associated
with PSX for more
than seven years
and is a core team member
of the Regulatory Affairs
in the capacity of Deputy
General Manager, Policy &
Regulations Development
as well as the Secretary
of Regulatory Affairs
Committee (RAC) of the
Board of Directors at PSX.
Asif Ahmad named
IBM Pakistan GM
IBM announced
that Asif Ahmad
has been
named General
Manager of
IBM Pakistan.
Ahmad succeeds Ghazanfar
Ali, who led IBM’s business
operations in Pakistan since
2016 and has taken on a
Martin Dow Group signs Nutshell Communications as
Public Relations Agency of Records
PR partner to spearhead stakeholder
relations and brand communications
for the Pakistan market. (Sitting on
right) Ms. Anum Jawed Akhai, Group
Director Business Growth & Strategy -
Martin Dow Group, and (Sitting on left)
Ms. Sadaf Mahmood, Chief Operating
Officer -Nutshell Communications
signing the agreements in the presence
of the management team from both
the organizations. (Standing in the
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Sarmad Ali elected new
APNS President
The annual
meeting of the
APNS General
Council held on
March 24, 2021
at the APNS
House, Karachi,
unanimously
elected Sarmad Ali as President,
Jamil Ather as Senior Vice President,
Shahab Zuberi as Vice President,
Ms Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani as
Secretary General, Mohsin Bilal as
Joint Secretary and Owais Khushnood
as Finance Secretary of the society.
in accordance with section 159 of the
companies’ act 2017 for a term of three
years. The persons elected as directors
of the company included Syed Khalid
Siraj Subhani, Mian Asad Hayaud
Din, Mather Niaz Rana, Kamran Ali
Afzal, Mumtaz Ali Shah, Muhammad
Haroom-ur-Rafique, Zafar Masud,
Akbar Ayub Khan, Muhammad Riaz
Khan, ShamamaTul Amber Arbab and
Jahanzaib Durrani.
new leadership role in IBM
Middle East and Africa.
“Ahmad is a respected
leader with a solid track
record for developing highperforming
teams and being
a true partner to our clients,
helping them with their
transformation journeys,”
said Hossam Seif El-Din,
General Manager for IBM
Middle East and Pakistan.”
back from Right to Left) Mr. Rustom
Boga, Director Group Corporate
Communications - Martin Dow Group,
Usman Altaf, Group Head Legal &
IP - Marting Dow Group, Mr. Javed
Ghulam Mohammad, Group Managing
Director - Martin Dow Group, Mr. Ali
Akhai, Chairman - Martin Dow Group,
Muhammad Azfar Ahsan, Founder
& CEO - Nutshell Communications,
Amer Pasha, Chief Strategy &
Planning - Nutshell Communications,
Ms. Sanya Shahid, Head of Customer
Experience & New Initiatives - Nutshell
Communications.