Uniform product standards by CCI lauded
Islamabad
April 11, 2021
Islamabad: TheNetwork for Consumer Protection has lauded the decision of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) to have uniform product standards for whole country, making Pakistan competitive in the growing global e-commerce.
TheNetwork was referring to an official statement released after the conclusion of 44th meeting of the CCI which said: “In order to further improve ease of doing business and harmonization of quality and standards across the country, it was decided that provinces will notify harmonized standards set by Pakistan Standard & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) by repealing their own standards. It was also agreed that harmonization of standards, standardized labelling and certification marks logo would remain exclusive domain of PSQCA.”
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April 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) on Wednesday decided to hold a virtual meeting on Monday to take a final decision on notifying the census-2017 results. Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the council’s 44th meeting here.
On the issue of import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and implementation of Article 158 and 172(3) of the Constitution, it was decided to constitute a committee comprising the minister for Planning, the minister for Energy and the SAPM for Power and Petroleum to hold consultations with the provinces to evolve a consensus on the way forward in meeting the challenge of dwindling local gas reserves and increasing domestic gas requirements. The meeting, attended by the four chief ministers and relevant ministers and others, also decided to establish a permanent Secretariat of Council of Common Interests as required under Article 154(3) of the Constitution. This is for the first time that a permanent Secretariat of the CCI is b
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