The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has conducted search and inspection of the offices of Pakistan Poultry Association in Karachi, Lahore, and head office in Islamabad, and impounded certain documents/files, minutes of meetings and computerised record for analysis by the Commission.
The CCP exercised its powers under Section 34 of the Competition Ordinance, 2010 for conducting search operations of Pakistan Poultry Association in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Prior to inspection, the enforcement teams of the CCP had handed over search document/order under CCP law to the officials of the Associations at its offices in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The enforcement teams of the CCP were not accompanied by any guards, police or law enforcement agencies, etc, during inspection of these offices.
The CCP took notice of the website of Pakistan Poultry Association where the poultry products prices are determined and displayed on daily basis. Being conscious of the fact that Pakistan Poultry Association, as an undertaking, is not involved in the production or sale of any poultry products and this display of prices on its website prima facie gives an impression that either prices are decided by the Pakistan Poultry Association or are dictated by other interested persons by utilising the platform of Pakistan Poultry Association. The display of pricing information on the official website of Pakistan Poultry Association prima facie indicates violation of section 4 of the Competition Ordinance, 2010.
The officials of Pakistan Poultry Association, present at the zonal offices and head office, fully co-operated and provided complete assistance to the officers of CCP in conducting the search and inspection. The inspection teams of CCP impounded certain documents/files and the computerised information to analyse the same by the Enquiry Officers, so appointed in this regard under the provisions of the Competition Ordinance, 2010.
The CCP team, headed by Director General Ikram-ul-Haq Qureshi, conducted search and inspections of Pakistan Poultry Association in Karachi on May 25, 2010, and the teams in Islamabad and Lahore, headed by Director General Tariq Bakhtawar and Director Ms Shaista Bano, conducted the search and inspections on May 24, 2010.''
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