by Sikandar Usmani | Oct 31, 2026 | Governance
The sector owned, operated and managed by the Government. Industry classification is services. The objectives being management of the affairs of the state for well-being of its people. The orientation being service to and for the people! The funding? From the people...
by Sikandar Usmani | Oct 21, 2026 | Internal Audit
“How does it look like?” is the question. Not having or not marketing it is out of question! Why have it? Well, let’s answer that right now; why not when we can have it! What goes in there? Summarily everything that’s not part of the regular CV. And elaborately? Well,...
by Sikandar Usmani | Oct 10, 2026 | Internal Audit
Keep us a tad below! Try excluding us even when it is about policy or employment benefits! Ignore our advisory on key matters! Don’t even bother inviting us to the meetings! Don’t sit with us even or make us sit somewhere else! Managements think it bothers us. They...
by Sikandar Usmani | Oct 1, 2026 | Internal Audit
Feedback is important. Even for us the internal auditors. Getting our performance appraised and rewarded (or not!) accordingly is one part. Margin for improvement is always in place. And if based on constructive feedback from the stakeholders, it surely matters a lot!...
by Sikandar Usmani | Sep 20, 2026 | Governance, Internal Audit
Not just for pleasure seekers! But also, for satisfaction. Satisfaction precedes pleasure. Just as peace precedes euphoria. And just as sustainability precedes growth. One can’t have the latter before former. It just doesn’t work that way because it’s not built to be...