CCP holds 11th seminar at BZU

As part of the Competition Advocacy Academia Drive, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) held a seminar at the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Multan, which was attended by the faculty members and students of Economics, Law and Management Sciences in large number.
Competition Advocacy Academia Drive has been initiated by CCP to create awareness of the Competition Law among the students and faculty members of the academic institutions of Pakistan and also to introduce a 16-week Module on "Economics and Competition Law" developed by CCP in collaboration with the King's College London. CCP is in the process of getting the Module approved by the Higher Education Commission as a subject.
Out of the total 24 major universities of the four provinces targeted for the first phase of the Academia Drive, seminars have been held in 11 universities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Multan whereas seminars in the remaining 13 universities have been planned during the last three weeks of this month. Two universities of Islamabad have approved the Module on Economics and Competition Law in their board of studies' meetings while several other universities have shown interest in adopting the Module in their syllabus.
The seminar at BZU Multan was attended by Dr Saeed Akhtar, Director ORIC, Dr Imran Sharif, Director School of Economics, Dr Nauman Abbasi, Director Institute of Management Sciences, Dr Saleem Sheikh, head of Gilani Law College, and Dr Tariq M Ansari, Dean Faculty of Sciences. Professor Dr Tahir Amin, Vice Chancellor BZU Multan in his message read out to the participants of the seminar welcomed the CCP's initiative of creating awareness of the law among the students and faculty members hoping that they will immensely benefit from the information being shared by CCP officials.-PR