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The Pakistan Carpet, Sports, Goods and Surgical Associations will brief the
Senate's Special Committee (SSC) on WTO on the challenges confronting Pakistan
in the wake of W.T.O regime and their solutions, which is meeting on Thursday
May 27, 2004 in the evening under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for
Privatisation & Investment Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh.
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, Sustainable Agriculture Action Group and various
experts in the wake of WTO regime and their solutions in its
previous meetings.
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.