Federal
Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanveer Hussain while chairing the
meeting with officials of Ministry of Science and Technology, here at Islamabad
today, emphasized the importance of setting up of Pakistan Halal Authority
to promote trade in food, medicine and cosmetics.
The Minister
said that Halal Food processing in the country will help in earning precious
foreign exchange to strengthen national economy.
Minister also
directed the senior officials of the Ministry, to expedite their efforts to
fulfill all pre requisites including hiring of staff and approval of
Recruitment rules through Establishment Division, on priority basis.
Federal
Secretary MoST Mrs. Yasmin Masood. Acting DG PHA ,and other senior officials of
PHA and Ministry of Science & technology (MoST) were also present in the
meeting.
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