Engr. Abdul Qadir Shah & Engr. Waseem Nazir
The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has constituted a brand-new committee, the PEC Coordination Committee, led by Engr. Abdul Qadir Shah, the former chairman of the council and an ally of the sitting chairman, Engr. Waseem Nazir.
Engr. Abdul Qadir Shah is also the chief of the National Engineers Association (NEA), which broke its alliance with Engr. Najeeb Haroon and aligned with Engr. Nazir in the PEC Elections of 2024.
What is special about this committee is that it is the very first committee built on non-GB or co-opted members, regardless of the fact that the majority of the committee are former GB members.
The committee is comprised of:
Engr. Syed Abdul Qadir Shah, Former Chairman, PEC (Chair)
Engr. Dr. Salim Abid Tabassum, Ex-Vice Chancellor, Namal University, Mianwali (Co-Chair)
Engr. Ghulam Usman Babai (PEC Governing Body)
Engr. Dr. Mansoor Ahmed Baluch (Member, PEC Governing Body)
Engr. Uzair Khan (Ex-DG, Peshawar Development Authority)
Engr. Dr. Khadija Qureshi (MUET, Jamshoro)
Engr. Dr. Attiq Ahmed (Member, PEC Governing Body)
Engr. Syed Jawad Hussain Shah
Engr. Abdur Rehman, Additional Registrar, who is the Secretary to the Committee.
The Chairman, Engr. Nazir, has been avoiding forming committees comprising members outside the governing body and insisted he was busy reforming the council, which he believed would consume at least three months of his tenure to complete the initial work.
Engr. Nazir has already formed over 13 committees, all based on governing body members, except for this one. Though not all committees are functioning, important committees have already begun meeting due to the regulatory responsibilities of the council.
The friends and foes of the chairman have been pressing him to form traditional-style committees, in which co-opted members are also included—individuals who have worked for various groups of engineers to contest and win the elections.
Chairman Nazir has looked at the justification for forming politically motivated committees differently and resisted pressure from his allies.
What did Chairman Pakistan Engineering Council, Waseem Nazir do in the first two months?
KARACHI: Report ER
I’m pleased to hear the Chairman PEC owning all engineering professionals and setting the direction of the PEC to elevate the organisation especially as a true Regulator of Engineering. This would of course require to review the standards and procedures as well as the fields in the ambit of Engineering and PEC by working together beyond political affiliation. I think we need to include Graphics, Printing and Packaging Engineering as a discipline as well. Good luck 🤞