Pakistan Chemical Manufacturers Association (PCMA) has published the first ever magazine of the chemical industry with the title of "ChemPetroChem". PCMA Chairman Abrar Ahmad inaugurated the first edition of the magazine while Senior Vice Chairman Pervez Tufail, Vice Chairman Zafar Qidwai, Head of Editorial Board Kashif Chaudhry, and office bearers of the association were also present on the occasion.

The major contents of the magazine include national news, international news, sector strength of the chemical industry, green surfactant, responsible care programme, advancement in soap manufacturing etc.

Speaking on this occasion, Abrar Ahmad said that chemical is the 4th largest sector in international trade by contributing 7 percent to the global GDP. While the chemical sector of Pakistan contributes around 3 percent in export and its share in imports is 16 percent, he said adding that PCMA wants to make this sector self-reliant by developing a strategic roadmap, which can create thousands of new jobs.

He said that chemical industry was facing enormous challenges and hoped that through enlightening articles and information, PCMA magazine would provide solutions and technology-synchronized methodologies to counter these challenges.

He was confident that the magazine would prove to be a strong organ for delivering PCMA's initiatives, research and activities to the relevant quarters on monthly basis and would most likely attract significant attention from the policy makers, politicians, academia, business leaders, embassies and trade missions abroad.

Chairman PCMA appreciated efforts of the editorial team for bringing out a research based magazine with good quality and content, at par with the world's best publications of chemical sector.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019

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