Period: 1–31 August 2026
August 2026 included the GET Phase-I passing-out and meetings with contractors.
Highlights
- 6 August (Items 50, 55). The PEC Management Committee met under the Chairman and reviewed progress on PEC’s main strategic initiatives, including readiness for ISO certification.
- 24 August (Item 33). The GET Phase-I passing-out ceremony was held at the National Defence University. As published by APP, about 510 graduates took part. The PEC GET page gives about 518 trainees for the skills month.
- Late August (Items 46, 47, 15). At a consultative meeting in Karachi the Chairman spoke to contractors. Instant renewal of contractor licences within 24 hours was reported as launched, and a further one-month extension of licence validity was indicated.
- August (Item 16). The Chairman said engineers now receive their certificates automatically on result day. This is his statement; no independent audit was found.
Announced
- August (A1). Announced: full digitalisation and e-licensing of all PEC operations by December 2026. Instant renewal is already reported as live; the rest is still a target.
- 24 August (A12). Announced: an appeal for federal and provincial budgets to fund GET for all eligible graduates. It is not yet adopted as a national budget line in the sources searched.
Item numbers match the Detailed Review. Dates and figures are shown as published; where sources differ, the source is named. See all items, with sources, on the Track Record page.
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