Staff Reporter
Karachi
Mian Anjum Nisar, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry has urged upon the Government and the Private Sector to take proactive initiatives to explore the true potential of “Made in Pakistan” Products and to make niche in Global Market” while speaking to the gathering of Webinar organized by FPCCI on “Halal Industry” in Pakistan “Potential and Challenges” at Federation House, Karachi and Lahore Office.
The President FPCCI asserted for improvement in quality of products, setting up accredited laboratories in order to meet standardization and conformity of Halal Food products to increase its exports manifold.
Mian Anjum Nisar, President FPCCI stated that globally the halal industry is expanding more rapidly in non-Muslim nations compared to Muslim nations due to safer, hygienic, reliable and nutritious products. He further added that the volume of global halal trade is more than US$ 3 trillion but the share of Pakistan is very minimal.
He emphasized on the need to increase the halal food production and exports of semi cooked meat which is in highly demand in China and other Far East countries.
The webinar was organized and conducted by Sheikh Sultan Rehman, Vice President and attended by Vice Presidents FPCCI Dr. Muhammad Arshad and Qaiser Khan, Muhammad Ali Mian, Coordinator, FPCCI Regional Office Lahore, Eng M A Jabbar Former Vice President FPCCI, Nasser Hyatt Maggo, Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Shaukat Ahmed Former Sr. Vice President FPCCI,Dr. Akhtar Ahmed Bughio, Director General, Pakistan Halal Authority, Representative of Punjab Halal Development Authority, Mufti Yousaf Abdul Razzaq, CEO SANHA Halal Associates, Muhammad Zubair Mughal, Research Associate, Halal Research Council, Muhammad Awais Khan, Managing Director, Global Halal Services, Mr. Asad Sajjad Convener FPCCI Standing Committee on Halal goods and Services, Mufti Zeeshan Abdul Aziz, CEO international Halal Certification (Pvt) Ltd, Ms. Sehrish Zuberi, Renaissance Inspection & Certification Agency (Pvt.) Ltd and Syed Farrukh Mazhar, Managing Director F&M Inspections. In his remarks, Sheikh Sultan Rehman, Vice President FPCCI stated that Halal industry has emerged into fast growing industry; attracting 2.4 billion people from all over the world. Pakistan, with a huge Muslim population, stands a chance of becoming a global hub for halal business, if the government pays attention to this industry. While quoting the statistics, he added that the trade of Halal industry has crossed three trillion dollars but the share of Pakistan is negligible (0.25 percent). He further stated that Pakistan has direct access to 470 million consumers of halal products in Central Asia, Middle East and Europe; we may achieve great success, if we adopt proper strategy and planning for establishing this industry.
