We are bringing out this Spring 2006 issue of CONNECT at a critical juncture in the development of one of our nascent enterprises. Octara has developed very quickly indeed, and it has as much to do with the dynamism of the team that is heading Octara, as with a period in our corporate lives where human resource development has been flagged across the board as a key area in the acquisition of competitive advantage. As event managers of the 10th Management Convention 2006, Octara has staked its rising reputation to delivering a ''WOW!'' experience to its highly valued client, the Management Association of Pakistan. I sincerely wish Hamza Hashmi and his team top-notch success in the conduct of this very prestigious three days event that has seen confirmations from a very distinguished panel of speakers indeed.

It gives me a great sense of satisfaction to see the cherished ambition of our Chairman find practical expression in the shape of the TRANZUM Group that will fine tune and promote globally the seven businesses under its care. A great deal of time and energy has been expended upon the emergence of this progressive master enterprise offering services in diversified industries as we evolve into a multi-services group trading globally. All that now remains is for all our colleagues to redouble their effort and accept no limits on how far we can go both as individual enterprises, and collectively as TRANZUM.