Rastgar Flood Rehabilitation Project

Ground Breaking Ceremony of Rastgar Flood Rehabilitation Project (Housing & Drinking Water)


Working in tandem with Salik Foundation, RASTGAR is helping reconstruct homes of the direly poor in Khurabad and Pir Pai villages of Nowshera. Volunteers from RASTGAR are surveying and supervising this project on weekly basis. 

Rastgar remained Dengue Free in 2010:

Thanks to the lunch time talks, posters, and prevention exercises, all RASTGAR employees remained dengue free this season. RASTGAR wishes to ensure the continuity of this trend and hopes to share these techniques with other organizations as well.

Health & Safety Day

Recently a Health & Safety Day was organized at RASTGAR. Guest speakers were Mr. Naeem Ghani, Founder and Chairman of Sultana Foundation, and Dr. Samina Head of First Aid Training. Topics covered by eminent speakers were CPR, Fire Drill, First Aid and Healthy Lifestyle.

Hiking in Margalla Hills Islamabad

Hiking for a Cause:

To inculcate healthy living lifestyle, RASTGAR employees embarked on a hiking day trip. Every hiking trip in RASTGAR holds a message and this time it was Tolerance and Peace. Slogans and banners on the need for tolerance were hoisted by all team leaders and talk on the subject was given at the summit by company director Mr. Saif Rastgar. Games and prizes were also distributed at the summit. The hiking, which started from Trail 5 on Margalla Road, ended at Saidpur Village close to Des Pardes Restaurant.

NUST Visits RASTGAR

Students and Teachers from School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering NUST (National University of Science and Technology) visit RASTGAR.  http://www.nust.edu.pk

CBI Market Research Workshops at Karachi and Lahore, Nov, 2010. Mr. Imtiaz Rastgar, CBI's expert on engineering sector, delivers the training.

TRAINING WORKSHOP on LIFE SKILS...

We recently organised a training workshop on LIfe Skills:: How to handle inflated egos and how to balance life tasks?

Mr. Imtiaz Rastgar steps down as Chairman of SDC

Mr. Imtiaz Rastgar, after serving Skill Development Council Islamabad  http://www.sdc.com.pk/  for 10 years, stepped down as its Chairman. He handed over the chairmanship of SDC Islamabad to Mian Akram Farid. Mr. Imtiaz Rastgar was the first chairman after establishment of Skill Development Council which is constituted by the Ministry of Labor and Manpower, Government of Pakistan,  http://www.molm.gov.pk/

Industrial Visit

Visit of International Islamic University 

 MBA students at International Islamic University Islamabad visit RASTGAR.  http://www.iiu.edu.pk/

-------- FLOOD RELIEF UPDATE --------

http://www.rastgar.com/wheel-hubs/Relief-Activities

5S in Rastgar

Visitors from Japan applaud 5S in RASTGAR

Mr. Minoru Ohira, Mr. Takeshi Iwase and Mr. Hiroshi Itoh from Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA visited Rastgar Engineering Company. Mr. Saif Rastgar hosted them.  http://www.jica.go.jp/english/

Adult Literacy program updates

Education Program for Adult

F16 Painting presented to Air Chief Marshal

Employees at Rastgar are encouraged to pursue their hobbies after work. One of our team members, who paints with water colours in his spare time, recently presented his painting of F16 to Air Chief Marshal, Rao Qamar Suleman at Air Head Quarters Islamabad.

Health & Safety Award

‘Best Practices in Occupational Health, Safety and Environment’ AWARD

RASTGAR ENGINEERING COMPANY EARNS OHSAS AWARD

High Occupational Health and Safety standards at Rastgar Engineering Company , a leading vendor and exporter of auto parts, earned a ‘Best Practices in Health, Safety and Environment’ award from the Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP)  http://www.efp.org.pk/  The award was part of a nationwide competition organised by EFP in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to commemorate “International Day on Health and Safety” on April 28, 2010.  Sindh Minister for Health, Dr. Saghir Ahmed, was the chief guest on the occasion. Mr. Imtiaz Ali Rastgar received the award.

Employment of disabled people

EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE

The company recently hired its first disabled employee. All walkways in the company have also been made  friendly to facilitate movement of disabled people.

Plantation Drive 2010

RASTGAR PLANTATION DRIVE 2010

In line with Rastgar Engineering Company's commitment to a Greener Tomorrow, all employees are encouraged to adopt and nurture at least one plant.  Recently we organised a company-wide Plantation Drive to celebrate the plantation of our 600 plants that are being taken care of by Rastgar employees.

Rastgar is committed to protect and preserve the environment through its products, processes,  and people. It is also actively supporting the United Nations Billion Tree Campaign. This plantation drive is part of its endeavour to constantly improve its carbon footprint.

Pakistan suffers from acute deforestation where its current forests are only 2.5% of its land mass. In future, this awareness campaign will involve schools and other industrial partners inviting them to participate in our tree plantation drive.

Mr. Saif Rastgar addressed the staff members at the occasion. Prizes were also distributed in employees who had taken keen interest in the plantation drive. Later, everyone participated and planted saplings.

PAKISTAN FLAG MOVEMENT

The national flag of Pakistan is a symbol of unity and sovereignty of our nation. We have started a Flag Movement and our target is to encourage 1000 citizens to put flags on their cars every year. Flags have been printed by Rastgar Engineering Company and  are available on our Front Desk. 

Come, Let’s own Pakistan …. Join us in the FLAG MOVEMENT

Rastgar Gym - Fitness at work!!

Fitness at Work...

Employees at RASTGAR are encouraged to participate in healthy sports activities. Office Gym is one of the places where employees can sweat it out!

Leading by personal example, Director Saif Ali Rastgar regularly hit the office gym.

RASTGAR sports sponsorship

RASTGAR encourages and actively supports healthy sports activities. Recently the company sponsored the local cricket team in Islamabad. Saif Rastgar (second from left) is seen in picture with the team captains.

Food Distribution during Ramzan

Keeping in view increased food prices during the month of Ramzan, food packages are distributed each year in employees during this month.

Chairman RASTGAR GROUP, Mr. Imtiaz Rastgar has created a welfare wing RASTGAR FOUNDATION with trustees Saif Rastgar and Qasim Rastgar.

Rastgar Foundation, with an annual welfare budget of over Rs 2 million, is responsible for various philanthropy objectives including food subsidy to employees, education and healthcare benefits.

Flag hoisting ceremony on 14 Aug 2010

INDEPENDENCE DAY 

On the morning of 14th Aug 2010, we had a brief flag hoisting ceremony followed by a prayer for our country. Chairman, Mr. Imtiaz Rastgar hoisted the flag. Other key staff members were also present at the occasion.

PAKISTAN ZINDABAD

Flood relief volunteers at RASTGAR

Rastgar Engineering Company is proud of every employee who donated for the Flood Relief and supported the company in its mission to help the flood victims.

http://www.rastgar.com/wheel-hubs/Relief-Activities

Article about FUTURE

Our Future:  Ideas, Thoughts, Perceptions and Realities

Article By: Saif Ali Rastgar                  Islamabad / 15^th Sep 2010

1.    When thinking about our future, we have two options. One is to be anxious about it and the other is to have faith about it.

If we are anxious about our future, we attract all the negative vibes. Remember the Law of Attraction that we tend to attract what we actively think about. So when we are afraid of the bad things to happen and we think about them all the time, we are destined to attract them in our lives!

If we have faith, we attract all the goodness of the world towards us. Hoping for the best, we stay in a positive state of mind and feel lucky. We attract Allah's Barkat and He helps us through his divine methods: be it good timing, good health, good relationships, supporting friends, meeting the right people or even our ability to bounce back if we fail.

2.    Future just does not happen on a certain day. It unfolds one day at a time. It happens over the long-term. So what really matters is TODAY!  We make or break our future every single day. If we are focused on a daily basis and are able to take small positive steps daily towards a certain future then we will get there one day.

3.   No one is certain of how many days he or she will live in future. It could be as little as a few minutes, a few days, months or many years. Our lives are even more uncertain than a cup of tea which we are know for sure will remain hot for 15 minutes. We however, could get "cold" before that. We don't know.

4.    So how is it that we tend to think so much about a future that is so uncertain, even more uncertain than a cup of tea? This is a paradox.

5.     No matter how long we live, our lives still pass as a flash. The speed is so fast that we feel almost left behind! Just look back and your life will seem so short.

6.     I guess what is important is to think positively about our future, pray and dream about the nice things that we want to create or happen, but remain focused on our present.

RASTGAR is awarded model employer and exporter company in Islamabad

Rastgar Engineering Company was awarded as Model Exporter by the Head of Customs Department Islamabad Dry Port.  Mr. Saif Ali Rastgar, left in picture below, received this award.

With almost 400 employees, Rastgar Engineering Company is a major employer in Islamabad. The company provides opportunities for career growth and training to employees at all levels. In addition, Rastgar Engineering Company offers excellent financial and non financial benefits and opportunities to contribute to society. http://www.rastgar.com/wheel-hubs/

Rastgar and its employees gear up for Flood Relief

With the worst ever flood in the country's history, thousands of people have lost their lives and 20 million people have been forced to leave their homes. 

Rastgar Foundation has a history of relief efforts in times of need with the company and employees rallying together to provide support. 

As always, Rastgar employees have also shown keen interest in volunteering with their time, money and energy in times of disaster. Whether it was earthquake in 2005, the crisis of IDPs (Internally Displaced People) in 2008 and now the Floods, RASTGAR and its employees have shown a resolve to contribute in whatever way it can.

As usual, our employees have already begun volunteering and working with Rastgar Foundation, providing assistance in assessment and distribution in the affected areas.

The company and its directors have already committed financial resources to this noble cause. So far 5,000 six litre water bottles and food have been distributed to flood victims in different villages around Noshera and Charsadda. 

Rastgar employees are also being encouraged to donate to this relief effort from their salaries. Rastgar Engineering Company has decided to match each employee’s contribution three times over for this great cause.

The idea is to join together in this effort to provide relief to our flood effected brothers and sisters.