Pakistan Halal Authorities Discuss Plans to Develop Domestic Halal Food Sector

Pakistan's Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain recently announced that modern technology would be introduced to promote the country's Halal food industry.

Speaking at a seminar on "Halal Accreditation: A Gateway to International Trade” organised by the Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC), the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Hussain asserted that the time had come for the Halal food industry to adopt digitisation and biotechnology. Hussain added that investment should be facilitated, and more farms established to increase livestock supply, calling upon the Ministers of Livestock to attend to their...