Islamabad; April 29, 2016: Meeting of the Standing Committee on Commerce was held in Trading Corporation of Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. 4th and 5th Floor, Finance and Trade Centre, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi with Mr. Siraj Muhammad Khan, MNA in the chair.  

2.         The Committee expressed strong displeasure over the poor performance of Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) as it failed to achieve the targets set by the government.

3.         The Committee was displeased to know that export of Pakistani crops were decreased 14% this year due to mismanagement and lack of coordination between the concerned departments.

4.         The Committee recommended that TCP may take stringent measures to increase the import of crops of Pakistan. The Committee further recommended that M/o Commerce may provide subsidy to farmers by offering various incentives like subsidy in electricity bill and Urea / DAP etc. so that they could work more effectively.

5.         The Committee decided to discuss the import and export policy of M/o Commerce during the next meeting likely to be held on 9th May, 2016 therefore the Committee deferred remaining agenda in its next meeting.

6.         Earlier, Chairman TCP briefly apprised the Committee about efforts made to enhance the export of the Pakistan and problems faced by them in this regard.

7.         The meeting was attended by the following Hon. Members, Ch. Asad-ur-Rehman, MNA, Mian Muhammad Rasheed, MNA, Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb, MNA, Makhdoom Syed Ali Hassan Gilani, MNA, Dr. Mehreen Razaque Bhutto, MNA, Mr. Nazir Ahmed Bughio, MNA, Ms. Shazia Marri, MNA, Ms. Mussarat Ahmad Zeb, MNA, Ms. Sajida Begum, MNA, Dr. Fouzia Hameed, MNA and other senior officers of the concerned departments.