KARACHI: The Best Place to Work Pakistan Awards 2021 took place on 14th October at The Beach Luxury Hotel to recognize companies and their workplace culture.

The recognition was based on anonymous survey data assessing employee experiences of belonging, alignment, growth, commitment and navigating the pandemic.

Engage Consulting in partnership with PSHRM (Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management) have been carrying out the BPTW study since the time they introduced it in 2008, building up a rich database of employee engagement and commitment levels.

Recently, both conducted another study of employee experiences in Pakistan, receiving a record-breaking number of 290+ company nominations and surveying over 40 thousand employees from 160 companies across Pakistan to determine best places to work.

In total, 52 awards were given to the winning organizations. The highlight of the main event was DHL Express Pakistan bagging the most prestigious ‘Best of the Best Company 2021’ award for the fifth time in a row.

What stood out was the diversity in winners. From small and mid-size enterprises to large corporations and a wide range of industries (including Retail, E-Commerce, FMCG, Education, Pharmaceutical, Logistics, FMCG, NGO, Telecom, Textile – to name a few), all were celebrated at the Best Place to Work Pakistan Awards ceremony.

The event was hosted by the versatile actor and theatre director Omair Rana who lit up the gala with his high-energy personality.

At the inaugural session, the Chief Guest Irfan Siddiqui, Founding President & CEO of Meezan Bank Limited and President of the (OICCI) Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry did a keynote session.

Renowned literary figure and veteran actor – 𝐙𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐲𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧, also the President & CEO of National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) was the guest speaker on the occasion while Dr. Iffat Zafar Aga, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Sehat Kahani, was the keynote speaker.

The awards were followed by an electrifying performance by singer-songwriter Zoe Viccaji.

EBM and METRO Pakistan (Pvt) Limited joined the BPTW Awards Gala as Platinum Sponsors, Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited, Engro Corp, Pakistan Petroleum Limited and The Talent Games as Gold Sponsors, and Bank Alfalah Limited, Allied Bank Limited, Fatima Group, Oracle, Novo Nordisk and Systems Limited as Silver Sponsors.

‘Best Places to Work 2021’ (This category has winners from all-sized companies – small, medium and large)

• Best Place to Work 2021 – Bank Alfalah
• Best Place to Work 2021 – METRO Pakistan Pvt Ltd.
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Novo Nordisk
• Best Place to Work 2021 – VentureDive
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Allied Bank
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Arbisoft
• Best Place to Work 2021 – My Technology
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Careem
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Leverify LLC
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Mahmood Group
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Afroze Textile Industries
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Oracle Pakistan
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Stewart Pakistan
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Challenge Apparels Limited
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Munch: ON
• Best Place to Work 2021 – Greenstar Social Marketing

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‘Best in Industry Awards’

• Best Business Group – Métier Groupe
• Best Place to Work in the E-Commerce Industry – Careem
• Best Place to Work in the Education Industry – Lacas School Network
• Best Place to Work in the Energy/Oil & Gas Industry – BYCO Petroleum
• Best Place to Work in the Financial Sector – Allied Bank (Winner), Bank Alfalah (Runner-up)
• Best Place to Work in the FMCG Industry – EBM
• Best Place to Work in the Government/NGO Sector – Greenstar Social Marketing
• Best Place to Work in the I.T Industry (Medium-size organization) – Oracle Pakistan
• Best Place to Work in the I.T Industry (Large-size organization) – VentureDive (Winner), Stewart Pakistan (Runner-up)
• Best Place to Work in the Logistics Industry – DHL Express
• Best Place to Work in the Manufacturing/Engineering Industry – ICI Pakistan Limited
• Best Place to Work in the Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences Industry – Novo Nordisk (Winner), Pfizer Pakistan (Runner-up)
• Best Place to Work in the Retail Industry – METRO Pakistan Pvt Ltd.
• Best Place to Work in the Services Industry – Gerry’s International
• Best Place to Work in the Telecom Industry – Ufone
• Best Place to Work in the Textile Industry (Medium-size organization) – Challenge Apparels Limited

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‘Most Preferred Employer Awards’ (Winners here are chosen by professionals from other companies, not from the winning ones)

• Most Preferred Employer in the Pharmaceutical Industry – GSK
• Most Preferred Employer in the Telecom Industry – Jazz
• Most Preferred Employer of Pakistan – Unilever (Winner), Nestlé (Runner-up), Engro Corporation (Runner-up)
• Most Preferred Employer in the Financial Industry – State Bank of Pakistan
• Most Preferred Employer in the I.T Industry – 10Pearls
• Most Preferred Employer in the Textile Industry – Interloop

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‘Special Category Awards’

• Best Company in Navigating the Pandemic – DHL (Winner), Novo Nordisk (Runner-up), Stewart Pakistan (Runner-up)
• Most Engaged Female Employees – VentureDive
• BPTW21 Most Improved Score – PTCL
• BPTW21 Best Entrant Award – Careem

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‘Best of the Best Company 2021’
(Biggest award of the night, given to the Best Company in Pakistan according to BPTW Study 2021)

• Best of the Best Company Award 2021 – DHL Express

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