CCP to hold national road shows on Competition Law

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has announced holding of National Road Shows on Competition Law, during December 4, 2015 to January 20, 2016, for creating awareness of the law and improving voluntary compliance by the business community.
Vadiyya Khalil, the Chairperson, Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), informed while briefing media here on Thursday that the purpose of the Road Show is to spread awareness of the Competition Law by approaching the stakeholders in all major cities of the country. She said that Section 29 of the Competition Act, 2010 mandated the CCP to carry out advocacy to spread awareness of the law. She said that unless the businessmen know about the Competition Law, they could not be expected to comply.
She said that the CCP decided to go vigorously on creating awareness among the industry and trading stakeholders and they planned to go to 22 important cities in next one and half month period to ensure outreach and creating awareness about completion law and progress so far achieved by CCP since its inception with the Act of Parliament. She informed that teams comprising the Members and officers will tour 22 cities of the country and hold around 32 interactive sessions at the chambers of commerce and trade associations. "The Road Show will provide an opportunity to interact with a wide array of stakeholders from across sectors of the economy including the national and multinational firms, small and big corporate entities, SMEs, professional bodies, and businessmen from manufacturing and trade," she said.
The Road Show will allow CCP to have a direct interaction with the businessmen and know about competition issues they might be facing, she said and further informed that CCP has prepared information material, both in print and electronic form, to disseminate among the audience of the Road Show.
Vadiyya Khalil further said that by reaching out to the stakeholders in such a large number in short time, CCP will go a long way in strengthening a compliant competition culture while at the same time spreading its reach to all major cities of the country. The Road Show will help bridge any existing gap between the CCP and its stakeholders.
Elaborating the plan of the Road Show, the Chairperson informed that it will be launched in a seminar at the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 4 December 2015 and then the advocacy sessions will be held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber, KP Women Chamber on 7 December, Mardan Chamber on 8 Dec, Rawalpindi Chamber on 09 December, Chakwal Chamber on 11 December, Jhelum Chamber on 11 Dec, Gujrat Chamber and Pak Electric Fan Manufacturing Association on 14 Dec, Sialkot Chamber and Surgical Instrument Manuf. Association on 15 Dec, Gujranwala Chamber on 16 Dec, Faisalabad Chamber and All Pak Textile Processing Mills Association on 17 Dec, Jhang Chamber on 18 Dec, Sargodha Chamber on 21 Dec, Multan Chamber, Pak Cotton Ginner's Association, and Pak Crop Protection Association on 29 Dec, Bahawalpur Chamber on 30 Dec, Karachi Chamber on 4 Jan 2016, Hyderabad Chamber on 12 Jan, Sukkur Chamber on 13 Jan, 2016 and Quetta Chamber on 19 January 2016.