World HRM forum held in Pakistan

The sixth International Human Resource Management Forum of Pakistan on the theme Prospering in a Challenging Environment through HRM, was recently held at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Karachi.

Prominent International and National Human Resource practitioners presented papers on different important issues pertaining to human resource which was of great benefit for the participants.

CEO, Nutshell Forum, Mohammad Azfar Ahsan, said, “We are organising this conference for the past five years with the aim to provide our aspiring young individuals a platform to interact with and learn from the experience of Human Resource experts, the strategies and methods which can be beneficial for their professional well being.”

Brain drain

He further added that brain drain is a serious issue as large number of trained professionals prefer to leave their country as soon as they get the opportunity and it is the responsibility of organisations of both the public and private sector to devise ways and means so that the skilled worker prefer to remain in Pakistan.

President and CEO, Telenor Pakistan, Jon Eddy Abdullahin in his keynote address said, “we, as an industry, are going through a tough time right now.

In the times of local financial crisis, increased taxation, credit crunch, hyper-inflation, and energy shortages, we all forget that a knowledgeable worker will have to be treated better than an industrial age manual labour as we need him/her in these situations more than ever”.

“People in my world are the only sustainable advantage. We, at Telenor Pakistan, will continue and even accelerate the way we use our culture to magnify the brand attributes of Telenor Pakistan,” he added. In his concluding remarks, Abdullah praised the efforts of Nutshell Forum for organising this event in an immaculate manner in these turbulent times.