An Account of my Association with Team ES & NOSS

4th of August 2017 marked the last day of my 3 years association with Team 'Enterprise Services and NOSS Operations' at Telenor Pakistan. Bidding farewell, is always a difficult task. It’s quite a job to verbalize the exact feelings , especially when the connection is so strong and multifaceted. Such is my situation while writing this message. A long tenure of 3 years , beginning of the practical phase of life , the Parent team , the ebb and flow , professional and technical grooming , transformation of a fresh graduate to a professional , friendships and gujat baazi , peer-peer and peer-boss relationships , and last but not the least the pride of being associated to a respectable clan ; all this made my association with Team ES & NOSS a cherish-able memory ( and this is not just wordy embellishment but sheer truth:) ) . Here, I can’t help myself remembering  the good and tough times I faced during my tenure with NOSS.

                                    Firstly, the man whom I consider my teacher in the professional life.  Umar Mustaq , who helped me in climbing the very first rung of the ladder. Things seemed very easy in his presence but I got exposed to the real world when he left the team , passing on the ownership of CFM domain to me.  Having a comparatively lesser experience I was not technically and professionally prepared to be responsible of managing the whole domain. It really was tough ;) . I must mention here the role of Zafar bhai, my first boss, who trusted me and provided me the confidence to take things forward. Nevertheless, with time things got smoother and one day a man from NOC called "Maaz bin Naeem" suddenly came upon with a tough requirement to be implemented on HP TeMIP (network fault mgt tool). I gathered the input and with a fragile heart told myself “lag gai baitay" . But Maaz bhai proved to be supportive, and together we made it a reality. (IT REALLY WAS A TOUGH TIME FOR ME CONSIDERING THE LESSER EXPERINCE AND TECHNICALITY OF THE PROJECT). The next mentionable remembering here is the entry of a character named 'Hassan Talal' . He was the first 'colleague turned friend' of same age group. This apparently 'shareef sa bacha' was not as Shareef as he appeared to be :p  but still, I found someone to play Gugat baazi with ( I was the junior most till his joining and couldn’t reply to seniors in Punjabi style ;) , taking this further 'Khan Xakie Khan' joined the gang.  

                                Then we experienced the change in command. Hammad bhai took over the baton of command and let us taste the flavor of a new leadership style. I found him a competent and leader-maker personality and saw a good growth in my career under his leadership. Life was going good and one day Hammad bhai called me in a meeting room and told that a new boy will be joining service automation and you have to train him. This boy was an angraiz type chikna bachaa named, Osama Rashid Maqbool :p . Training a new guy was indeed a responsibility and I found in this chicken piece a good chap. With the passing time he got prepared and started taking responsibilities. It was indeed a moment of pride for me when he delivered a project and got recognition from management in form of quarterly championship (Keep up the good work Osama boy !).

                     A Much needed mention here is the discussion, full of wisdom,  with Bhutta and Naveed sb. Both of them earned our respect and all of us respected them as our elders and always received wise words from both of them in reciprocity. The next memory pinching my mind is the advent of joining of a new character in our team . This guy doesn't only appeared to be a 'Sciencedaan' but he really was . I urge him to change his name to 'Albert de Maaz Einstien bin Naeem ' ;) . The reason we call him a sciencedaan is his ever-green, over-thoughtful and sometimes witty logics . I didn't find in him only a friend, but an elder brother as well with whom I can share heart secrets ;) . Yo Maaz bhai , Ayeeee shtorey aeee !!! :) .

                     I have seen many supportive and soft-spoken personalities in my life but the 'sunehray baloun wala naujawaan ' a.k.a Malik khurram was absolutely one of a kind. He joined our team and it was like we have found a trustworthy companion. He was always there to support, his mere soft and trustworthy accent, makes one feel the accomplishment of the task. Relating with malik sb , I can't forget to mention our counter part from ZTE , Multilynx and HP . Aforementioned teams indeed are an integral constituent of my memories at technology operation. 

                     I always feel blessed to have been very lucky in the field of Bosses ;). Talking about my professional career in general and association with NOSS in particular, Amad bhai will always grab the centre stage. A boss cum elder brother who extends full support and trust, while keeping a strict eye on the overall happenings. In the similar vain , Arif Khan sb , our senior manager is also a mentionable personality who cast influence on my professional career. I can’t help thanking the entire team of management  : Arif khan sb , Zafar Hussain ,  Hammad Salam and Amad Khalid. I am highly obliged and grateful to all these personalities and feel blessed to have worked under their leadership. OSS planning team , Usman and Umar bhai needs a special mention here ;  Thank you guys !! J I really don’t want to stop adding to this precious collage of memories ,  really want to express each and every remembering but I know , by now ,  you have got bored :p . So guyz ! you mean alot to me . May Allah help us add memories to the already overloaded collage and may we cherish all these memories in the times yet to come.   Ameen !!!