Mobilink Pakistan Sponsored PSHRM Conference Concludes
Pakistan Times Business & Commerce Desk

KARACHI: The Human Resource Management and Leadership Conference organized by the Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management (PSHRM) successfully concluded today.

The event was attended by around 300 participants and exclusively sponsored by Mobilink, the country’s market leader in cellular communication with over 25 million customers, Training Network International (TNI), were the event managers for the program.

The session began at 9:00 am with Dave Ulrich discussing current HR practices, opportunities and challenges. Dave is globally recognized as the leading authority of Human Resources studies and strategies and his visit to Pakistan was an opportunity for the participants to share and enrich ideas and concepts that were relevant to their careers.

Ali Raza Mehdi, Vice President Human Resources and Administration, Mobilink stated, “As one of the largest corporate entities in Pakistan, Mobilink exercises human resource best practices through training and developing its workforce and actively participates in events that contribute to developing talent and leadership in Pakistan.”

Navroz Surani, President of Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management said, “PSHRM will ensure that their plan of arranging interactive events like these will help students and key corporate decision makers become proficient human resource professionals. We appreciate the support of Mobilink in making this event a success.”

Saira Taimur Khan, Director TNI stated, “This was a first of its kind event in Pakistan where we in collaboration with PSHRM and the support of Mobilink were able to host a personality such as Dave Ulrich in an interactive session that is sure to inspire the participants on effective HR management and best practices.”

Students from leading institutes of Karachi and representatives of various multinational companies participated in this event to learn about current trends in building human capacity and sharing of innovative thought.

Mobilink with its large workforce invests aggressively in developing its human capital through international and local trainings as well as a structured employee ‘well-being’ programs, making it one of the most sought after companies to work for in Pakistan.

About Mobilink

Mobilink is an Orascom Telecom Group company and is Pakistan’s leading cellular service provider with a subscriber growth of 104% in 2006.

The company has achieved an unprecedented customer base of over 25 million. Mobilink provides the most extensive network coverage footprint across Pakistan through an integrated technology infrastructure in more than 5,000 cities, towns, villages, and countless remote destinations, including International Roaming in 127 countries through 300 partner operators.

The company directly employs over 4,000 people and has the largest distribution network with 200,000 outlets across Pakistan. Mobilink’s corporate social responsibility program contributes significantly in key areas of health, education, social uplift and cultural development causes in Pakistan and the company is the official cellular service of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Mobilink is the only corporate in Pakistan to issue a 'high-yield' bond worth US$ 250 million in the International Market and has portrayed a positive image of the country as a secure destination for business activity.

About TNI

Over the years, TNI has built a strong client base reaching out to the corporate sector in Pakistan and overseas. TNI’s notable contributions to HR Development in the region include:

. TNI sponsored Seminar on Psychometric Testing with Psytech UK, January 2006, Karachi
• HR Conference with PSHRM on aligning HR to Business, October 2004, Karachi.
• TNI sponsored Seminar on Transformational Change with Ashridge UK, July 2004, Karachi.
• Seminar on Organizational Learning with Dr. Peter Senge (MIT) January 2004, Dubai.
• Workshops with the Hay Group, August-September 2003, Karachi.●