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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 January 29,
2004 on Thursday 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 will seek the views of State Engineering Corporation, Pakistan
Engineering Development Board, Pakistan Automobile Motors Association and the
Pharmaceutical Association. They will also make presentations on
challenges confronting Pakistan's Engineering, Automobile and Pharmaceutical
industries in the wake of WTO regime and their solutions.
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 in its previous meetings.
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.