Mr Shah, who chairs the Professional Standards and Technical Advisory Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, presented an update on the adoption of IFRSs in Pakistan and also discussed compliance, enforcement, and views of regulators, among other issues. He cited a number of benefits of adopting IFRSs in Pakistan, including:
- Lower cost of capital
- Cross-border mergers, globalisation, FDI
- Single set of reliably, high quality standards, issued by an independent body (IASB)
- Countries like Pakistan do not have the resources to develop their own standards
- Why re-invent the wheel when IASB is doing it?
- Focus on enforcement rather than development
- Required by IFAC's statement of members' obligations
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