Prime Minister approves halal meat export policy, directs to present comprehensive strategy to increase exports |
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif approved the halal meat export policy and directed to present a three-year comprehensive strategy with practical steps in the next two weeks to increase halal meat exports.
According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office’s media wing, a review meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif regarding the halal meat export policy.
The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan, Federal Minister for National Food Security Rana Tanveer Hussain, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar Khan and other relevant government officers.
In the meeting, the Prime Minister directed to present a three-year comprehensive strategy with practical steps in the next two weeks to increase halal meat exports, the production committee established to increase Pakistan’s halal meat export market, actionable suggestions for improving cold storage and other factors.
The Prime Minister said that a comprehensive strategy developed in coordination with all the relevant ministries and the provincial government is indispensable to make Pakistan’s export share valuable in the halal meat market of Muslim countries and around the world. Special steps should be taken to increase the production of halal meat in livestock according to world standards and in competition with regional production........