The Institution of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Pakistan (IEEEP) on Wednesday held its 33rd Annual Symposium. The Symposium was inaugurated by Engr Jawed Salim Qureshi who in his speech lauded the efforts of IEEEP and congratulated them for serving the engineering community for more than 3 decades.
He emphasized the need for promoting engineers to higher cadres in the bureaucracy and change the service structure to accommodate more engineers as they are the cream of nation and have the ability to confront and solve the most complex challenges facing the nation. He referred to other countries where Engineers were serving as ministers and contributing to the progress of their countries.
Engr Qureshi also outlined the improvements that were brought about by PEC to facilitate Pakistani engineers and streamline rules and regulation providing maximum benefit to local companies and Pakistani engineers.
Dr Kaiser Bengali in his keynote address lamented the direction in which the economy was going. He said local industry was being ignored and there is ever increasing reliance on imported goods. He criticized Afghan Transit Trade and expressed same apprehension about trade in CPEC.
Engr Irfan Ahmed chairman IEEEP Karachi chapter in his welcome address said that this international symposium is a snap shot of recent local activities in the electrical and electronic engineering fields with a look into future concerns. He said the engineering community is losing sense of fraternity within itself .He emphasized the need to create a general understanding within the engineering community that institutional work always create a win win situation for everybody involved.
IEEEP is the largest body representing electrical, electronics and all its sub-disciplines like telecommunication, bio-medical, avionics, computers, controls, mechatronics etc. in Pakistan. IEEEP Karachi Centre conducts monthly technical seminars, yearly student's seminar for encouragement of students and a Multi Topic International Symposium every year.
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