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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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.