Federal Minister for
Commerce and Textile, Mr. Mohammad Pervaiz Malik chaired 85th Meeting
of Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) in Textile Division, Islamabad.
The Commerce Minister
welcomed the participants and said that the present govt. is highly focused on
facilitating the textile sector and that this committee can play a significant
role as Pakistan’s Textile Sector has tremendous Potential.
The Commerce Minister
further said that PCCC needs to have clear goals and work relentlessly and in
coordination to achieve them in time.
The agenda items were
discussed one by one in the meeting. The agenda of the meeting consisted of
confirmation of the minutes of 84th meeting of PCCC held on
21-12-2016, approval of revised budget 2016-17 and budget estimates of 2017-18,
adoption of reports of executive sub-committee and agricultural research
sub-committee and restructuring plan of PCCC.
The honorable minister was
informed that regarding the restructuring plan of PCCC, comments from the
concerned ministries have been received.
Mr. Mohammad Pervaiz Malik
directed that a tangible proposal be prepared in consultation with all the
stake holders for the restructuring of PCCC and should be presented in the next
meeting.
The minister said that the
present government and commerce ministry are committed for the support and
facilitation of the Textile Sector and will take every step to build the
confidence of businessmen associated with cotton and textile. Minister
expressed confidence that in spite of challenging international environment
Pakistani Textile exporters have the ability to rise to the challenge and grow
Pakistani exports.
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