National Productivity Organization (NPO), Ministry of Industries & Production organized a one-day debate competition event on “Enhancing Productivity for Globally Competitive Pakistan” at University of Swabi under its Sustainable National Productivity Project (SNP).
The purpose of this event was to create awareness among the students and faculty to think about “productivity” and how it can help Pakistan become competitive in global marketplace.
The debate was held in both Urdu and English language and prize money was conferred upon the winners in both categories.
Prof. Dr. Nasir Jamal Khattak, Vice Chancellor, University of Swabi, remarked in the opening ceremony that the students and faculty have a new avenue to think about, and set forth new goals to become more productive in their professional and academic settings.
He appreciated NPO for organizing debate competition on such an important issue which potentially can steer the socio-economic development in Pakistan. Musa Hassan, DGM NPO informed the audience that productivity is linked with every sector of economy, be it industry, agriculture, education or technology.
Improving sustainable productivity is a key to overcome Pakistan’s economic challenges and NPO is putting its best efforts to disseminate the information on tools and techniques of improving productivity in Pakistan.
Debate competitions, productivity walks, seminars and awareness sessions are being conducted all across the country to bring attention to and create awareness among general public, academia and industrial workforce on this issue. He appreciated the University of Swabi for providing a platform to the students to discuss various aspects of importance of productivity for globally competitive Pakistan.
