By Kamran Hashim / Rafiq Vayani
KARACHI: Shoaib Khan dynamic CEO of Converge Engineering Services hosted a dinner at prestigious Karachi Gymkhana to honour of Mohsin Shekhani, former Chairman of Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) and Arif Jeewa current Chairman of along with current office bearers of ABAD.
During the welcome speech Shoaib Khan very warmly welcomed all the guest on behalf of Converge Engineering Services and said that: “he was grateful Chairman Abad Arif Jeeva for gracing this occasion along with Senior Vice Chairman ABAD Fayaz Ilyas, Vice Chairman ABAD Sohail Warind, Vice Chairman South Region Altaf Tai, former Senior Vice Chairman Hasan Bakshi, Kareem Adhia, Rizwan Adhia and all the dynamic office bearers of ABAD who had graced his invitation. He also thanked respectable senior consultants, structure engineers, architects and friends who have been working together since the beginning of the company and are still with us today, even though you are all busy with your commitments. Your dedication and support is truly appreciated”.
Shoaib Khan further said: there is a famous saying; “If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan not the game”, and based on this saying me and my team at Converge Engineering Services have working very hard over the past 8 years to be able to get to where we are today and be ready to move forward with this new venture Converge Engineering Services. All of this couldn’t have been possible with the support of you all, who foresee the importance of technology in construction and I hope that this support will continue in future also.
Coming to Karachi’s current scenario Shoaib Khan said; “we all know high rise buildings are the only feasible option for Karachi’s housing needs, as they are secure and affordable and currently we are 1 million houses short to offer. Apart from housing needs, high rise building can accommodate office blocks, hospitality sector etc and beautiful sky-scrapers and sky-lines define the landscape of any mega metropolis and here in Karachi, this is exactly what we are missing”.
On the concluding note Shoaib Khan said; “I wouldn’t be doing any justice if don’t mention dedication and support of my team Khalid Zafar, Tanveer Ahsan and Saqib who have worked day-in and day-out to make my job easier and to make all this possible. Technology support from dear friend Sandeep Patel, President Sterling Engineering Group of Companies, USA is the core encouragement which results in where we are today”.
Jatin Kewlani, Director KK Rice, spoke on the awareness of Thalassemia and informed the benefits of donating blood after every three months.
Next was Fayaz Ilyas, Senior Vice Chairman ABAD focused ill planning of concerned authorities relating to this segment of construction sector and stressed on the need having proper plans for this booming sector relating to water related issues, sewerages issues and gas supply.
Last speaker of the evening was Arif Jeewa, Chairman ABAD, who also criticised concerned authorities at Federal level and also at Provincial level for not doing much. Chairman ABAD informed that despite paying large amounts to societies, to provincial government and to federal government we the builders & property developer get all the blame.
