KARACHI: The Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) and the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA Pakistan) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide professional training to SESSI officers and staff. The signing ceremony was held at the SESSI Head Office and attended by senior officials of both organisations. SESSI Commissioner Hadi Bakhsh Kalhoro welcomed the guests and briefed them on the institution's performance and objectives. He said professional training for officers and employees working in audit and accounts departments was essential to improving institutional efficiency and strengthening organisational capacity. SESSI Vice Commissioner Sikandar Baloch, Medical Advisor Dr Kamran Awan, and other directors, deputy directors and officers also attended the ceremony. Representing ICMA Pakistan were Executive Director Aamir Ijaz Khan, Senior Director Lal Muhammad, Consultant Khalid , and Shams Bhimani, head of the Job Placements and Industrial Linkages Department. Aamir Ijaz Khan thanked SESSI for the collaboration and outlined ICMA Pakistan's 75-year history and its contributions to professional education and job placement. He said the institute, as a Centre of Excellence, would work with SESSI to organise training programmes for its personnel, adding that the partnership would benefit both organisations. The MoU was signed by Commissioner Hadi Bakhsh Kalhoro and Executive Director Aamir Ijaz Khan. At the conclusion, Kalhoro presented Khan with a traditional Sindhi Ajrak and a commemorative SESSI shield, while an ICMA representative presented gifts to the commissioner. A SESSI director and focal person for the MoU delivered the closing remarks and thanked the participants.