International Islamic University Islamabad visit Rastgar

Students of International Islamic University Islamabad visit Rastgar. http://www.iiu.edu.pk/

Rastgar Team Members visit Khewra and Kalar Kahar

Rastgar organised a visit to world’s 2nd largest salt mine in Khewra and the beautiful lake of Kalar Kahar. http://www.pmdc.gov.pk/khewra/

Government Technology College Lahore visit Rastgar

Students and Teachers from Government Technology College Lahore visit Rastgar.

International Islamic University Islamabad visit Rastgar

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

Government College of Technology Bahawalpur visit Rastgar

Mechanical Department students from Government College of Technology Bahawalpur visit Rastgar. http://www.gctbwp.edu.pk/

Swedish Pakistani Institute of Technology, Gujrat visit Rastgar

Industrial visit by Swedish Pakistani Institute of Technology, Gujrat.

Rastgar Plantation Drive 2011

Rastgar Engineering Company continually taking measures to ensure a safe and healthy environment not only for its workers, but also for its surroundings in general. In this regard all team members are encouraged to adopt and nurture at least one plant. Mr. Saif Ali Rastgar distributed prizes in employees who had taken keen interest in the plantation drive and adopted plants.

Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan ICMAP visit Rastgar

Students and Teachers from Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP) visit Rastgar. Mr. Saif Ali Rastgar FCMA conducted the visit. http://www.icmap.com.pk.

Technical Training of Rastgar Employees by Foreign Consultant

Foreign consultants are regularly engaged to improve work practices at Rastgar. They objective is to recommend measures for improving the working conditions and productivity through inculcating team spirit.

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/

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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.