ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has stressed the need for developing Pakistan’s livestock sector to ensure economic development, food security and poverty alleviation.
While chairing a follow-up meeting on meat exports and processing at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Monday, President Alvi urged the private sector to play its role in promoting the livestock sector as it had the potential to generate foreign exchange as well as generate employment opportunities in the country.
He said the livestock sector had great potential to earn foreign exchange and called for increasing the export value by meeting international requirements and ensuring quality control of products.
Dr Arif Alvi asked the concerned ministries and departments to facilitate meat exporters and address their problems, particularly the rationalization of the certification process of halal food and the issuance of quarantine certificates.
He reiterated the government’s commitment to addressing the problems of exporters and processors enabling them to enhance production and increase exports.
The meeting was attended by the provincial secretaries and director generals of livestock departments, members of the All Pakistan Meat Exporters and Processors Association (APMEPA) and senior officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of National Food Security.
The meeting reviewed the progress on the decisions taken during the last meeting. Secretary Livestock Punjab informed the meeting about the efforts made by the provincial government to control Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in animals.
The meeting proposed various solutions and strategies for controlling FMD in the country. Similarly, meat exporters apprised the meeting about various issues and challenges being faced by them.
While chairing a follow-up meeting on Meat Exports and Processing, President Dr. Arif Alvi highlighted the importance of livestock sector in Pakistan to boost foreign exchange earnings. pic.twitter.com/8e3Ab0oFvm
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