LMKR's quick turnaround time in terms of training and developing fresh graduates into world class geoscientists and geophysicists equipped with domain-specific software and IT skills is widely acknowledged in the industry. With more than 500 employees operating in Pakistan, LMKR is one of the largest recruiters of petroleum and IT professionals in the country.

In the last three years LMKR has increased its operations with a 35-50% growth rate. Currently LMKR is operating in more than 17 countries through its operational headquarters in Islamabad and branch offices in Mauritius, Dubai, Houston, Trinidad and Kuala Lumpur.

Atif Siddiqui, Program Manager of Information Management Division that handles Oil and Gas. Atif was actually at the Marriott hotel when the blast happened and got a first hand account of the shock. "When the blast happened, the initial reaction was complete shock and fear. We couldn't see anything and it was a tough situation to be in. I saw a tremendous amount of discipline in people during the evacuation process from the hotel."

Atif talks about the change that an incident like this brings into one's life. "You don't know what is going to happen in the next moment. You can plan for the future but you really don't know what is going to happen." After evacuating from the hotel, Atif was back at work almost on an immediate basis. "The incident happened on Saturday and the entire company was back at work almost immediately. We planned how to remove our hardware from our offices at the ETC."

LMKR is known for its inclusive culture. Every team member played a role in the post trauma situation. Their input mattered. One of the more dangerous backlashes of any incident like this is that the belief that people have towards a country, begins to fail. Asif Ahmed, Project Manager of LMKR's Business Continuity facility, explains, "This is a natural reaction regardless of where an incident like this occurs but we have tried to play our role in continuing our business operations in Pakistan. The company was already using the DR site to run other projects and, Asif explains that, "We've had this site for a while but the focus on this site has increased after our ISO 27001 certification. We shifted our business critical operations to this site way back then."