04-01-2006, 06:46 AM
Sajjad,, the ICAP articleship in firms in Pakistan is more of part of the CA qualification and unlike the UK and other countries it does not pay at all. The Stipend is little more than 'a pocket money' but the experience is undoubtdly enriching and fruit ful.I was trained in Pakistan and have worked for Big4s in Dubai and now in the UK but the excitement and the good time I had in Pakistan is still un paralleled, we had no money and literally no social life,, the firm, your work and studies are all you go around but it really pays off in the end, you come of it accomplished and complete and bring along with it life long comrade ships. Just as one of my late Accounting teachers Ashfaque sahab put it, its like joining the Army Long course,, just 4 years instead of the 2,..
Well, just my personal thoughts...if its any consolation,. our colleagues in India get started at Indian Rupees 300/-
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"Failure is a word unknown to me" - M A Jinnah
Well, just my personal thoughts...if its any consolation,. our colleagues in India get started at Indian Rupees 300/-
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"Failure is a word unknown to me" - M A Jinnah