On April 11, 2010 His Excellency Dr. Ali Sindi, KRG Minister of Planning, received Najeeb Al-Khatib, the Director General of the Lebanese Al-Khatib & Alamicorporation for engineering projects, Pamela Faris, the company’s consultant, and Dosti Abulqadir, head of the company’s Erbil office. They discussed the company’s activities and the importance of geographic information for planning purposes. They also discussed the company’s projects in the KRG, Iraq, Canada and Lebanon. The Minister commended the company’s contribution to rebuilding Kurdistan’s economic and information infrastructures.

 
Later in the day, the Al-Khatib & Alami representatives held a seminar in the Erbil Internationa Hotel.  Dr. Ali Sindi, KRG Minister of Planning, Samir Abulla, Minister of Municipalities and Tourism, Tahir Abulla, Erbil Governor’s representative and many director generals and KRG officials attended. Erbil office head Dosti Abulqadir began the seminar with a speech, in which he expressed the company’s willingness to support to the KRG. Company representatives then made presentations about theit  completed projects in Lebanon and the Gulf Region. The company’s aim was to introduce its activities in the area of geographic information systems and its utility in mapping and planning for cities. The Ministry of Planning has offered proposals and guidebooks in this and other areas to a number of KRG ministries and agencies.