"I am pleased to see that the Management Association of Pakistan (MAP) is holding its 35th Corporate Excellence Awards ceremony in Karachi. My felicitations to MAP for relentlessly harnessing such an initiative in Pakistan.

Indeed, Management Association of Pakistan deserves tribute on upholding its vision and mission as exemplified in its tradition of organizing its Corporate Excellence Award ceremony every year since 1982.

Since its inception in 1964, the Management Association of Pakistan (MAP) has been dedicatedly striving to promote management excellence in Pakistan.

Over the years, MAP's Corporate Excellence Award has come to be acclaimed as the ultimate recognition of management excellence in practice, an accolade that every organization in Pakistan strives to seek. The evaluation process is extremely rigorous and transparent, and only those companies which are able to prove their distinction get through to the top. MAP's efforts in this regard, despite being a not for profit organization, must be commended and reinforced by the industry as well.

Pakistan today has begun achieving a turnaround in the economy as well as started finding its due place in the global competition.

With renewed interest shown by foreign direct investment and the growing trade links through CPEC, the need of the hour is to achieve excellence in our corporate culture so as to be more competitive.

I would like to congratulate the winners of the 35th in Corporate Excellence Awards and Certificates for their excellent accomplishments. Many congratulations!

I hope that MAP will continue to make a significant impact in promoting corporate excellence by regularly holding such award events."

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