Dec 15 , 2015
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Electric, telecom safety code launched
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) on Monday officially launched the Pakistan Electric and Telecommunication Safety Code (PETSAC-2014) for safeguarding human lives and reducing material loss from electrocution and allied hazards. Federal Minister for Science & Technology, Rana Tanveer Hussain chaired the launching ceremony held on Monday. Engr Jawed Qureshi, Chairman PEC, John Groarke, Mission Director USAID and engineers from power and telecom sector participated in the launching ceremony. This code will only be effective, when all the relevant regulators may devise effective mechanism within their domains to ensure its implementation in letter and spirit, Rana Tanveer said while addressing the participants of the launching ceremony. PETSAC will help in brining foreign investment and collaboration by providing internationally recognized safety practices applicable in power and telecommunication sector here in Pakistan, he added. The minister lauded the sincere and sustained efforts of PEC in brining improvement in engineering profession as a whole, especially the recent landmark achievement of recognition of engineering qualification and cross border mobility in Asia Pacific Region as declared by Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and Pacific (FEIAP) and endorsed by UNESCO. He expressed that this achievement will certainly pave the way to open international job markets for Pakistani engineers. In his welcome address Engr Jawed Qureshi, Chairman PEC said, PETSAC-2014 provides a unified system of safety standards to help reduce fatal and non-fatal occupational accidents among directly exposed workforce, general public as well as to contribute to the safety of valuable assets of the concerned utilities.
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