As a Group operating across if-le country, Arif Habib Group seeks to recruit the best employee for every position regardless of gender, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or any personal characteristic not relevant to their work. The Group also seeks to ensure that fair consideration is given to applications for employment received from people with disabilities and we do offer employment, training and advancement where possible to employees who are or become temporarily or permanently disabled.

As usual, this year too saw the Group placing a strong emphasis on Employee Health & Safety. At Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited (FFCL), considerable efforts were put in to complete the transition from construction to operational phase. In addition, accreditation to international safety and environmental standards, ISO - 14001 and ISO - 18000 is planned for calendar year 2012, for which extensive work is already in progress.

The year under review proved remarkably fruitful for PFL which saw no `lost work' injury during the year. while. the total Recordable Injury Rate of the Company fell to 0.10 in the current year as compared to 0.33 for the previous year. PFL safely commissioned a new Ammonia storage tank (with double integrity double wall) and also introduced Safety Management Information System ISMS) for the effective control and monitoring of safety KPls during the year. 3 engineers of PFL presented papers in three national HSE seminars held in Karachi and Lahore. During the year, the British Safety Council awarded the International Safety Award for 2010 to PFL, for its demonstrated commitment and improvement in health and safety management systems. This International Safety Award recognizes and rewards organizations that show real commitment to improving corporate health and safety. One of the safety engineers of PFL was also awarded the 'Rising Star of Safety Award' by the USA National Safety Council.