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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 May 22, 2004
on Saturday morning.
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. A. R. Kamal, Director PIDE and
others.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.