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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 12, 2004
on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m, on his arrival from Germany where he led
Pakistani delegation and addressed the 11th Munich Management Colloquium.
Special Committee will be briefed by CEO, Traits Center for WTO & Business
Studies Mr. Muhammad Abbas Raza and Director Coordinator, WTO Watch Group
Dr. Zafar Mirza on the Challenges confronting Pakistan 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,
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, Pharmaceutical industries and experts.
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 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.