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The Federal Minister for Privatisation & Investment Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
will chair a meeting of the Senate's Special Committee (SSC) on "CHALLENGES OF
WTO" in the Committee Room No.2, Parliament House, Islamabad on March 6, 2004
on Saturday morning
The 16 members Special Committee headed by Senator Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was
constituted by the House on September 22, 2003 on a resolution moved by
Senator Ch. Muhammad Anwar Bhinder to suggest ways and means to face the
challenges of W.T.O coming into force in 2005.
The SSC had so far gathered proposals from the representatives of Federation
of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industries (FPCCI), All Pakistan Textile
Mills Association (APTAMA), Food, Agriculture & Livestock sectors, State
Engineering Corporation, Pakistan Engineering Development Board, Pakistan
Automobile Motors Association and the Pharmaceutical Association who made
presentations on challenges confronting Pakistan's Engineering, Automobile and
Pharmaceutical industries in the wake of WTO regime and their solutions in its
previous meetings.
In its forthcoming meeting the SSC will seek the views of the experts who will
brief SSC on WTO on the issue. The experts include Dr. Muhammad Zubair Khan,
Dr. Ashfaque H. Khan and Mr. Muhammad Saleem.
The members of the Special Committee include Senators Prof. Khurshid Ahmed,
Mushahid Hussain Syed, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Nisar Ahmad Memon, Dr. Muhammad
Akbar Khawaja, Lt. Gen. Retd Javed Ashraf, Syed Dilawar Abbas, Muhammad Azam
Khan Swati,Miss. Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli, Waqar Ahmed Khan, Ilyas Ahmed Bilour,
Mir Muhammad Naseer Mengal, Muhammad Abbas Komaili, Dr. Shahzad Waseem, Mrs.
Roshan Khursheed Bharucha and Ch. Muhammad Anwar Bhinder.