Public campaign: Awareness seminar on competition law

Comsats students and faculty members briefed on various aspects

MULTAN: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) held a seminar at the Comsats Institute of Science and Technology where the participants were briefed on various aspects of competition law.

The seminar was held as part of the national campaign ‘Competition Advocacy Academia Drive’ started by the CCP to create awareness of the competition law among the students and faculty members of the universities.

The seminar at Comsats was attended by staff and students of management sciences, economics and law in large numbers. To spread awareness, the CCP has developed a 16-week module on ‘Economics and Competition Law’, which the commission hopes to become part of the syllabus of various universities.

Law faculty’s Afia Kamran welcomed the guests while Dr Muhammad Tahir, management sciences department head, appreciated the advocacy campaign for academia.

Office of Fair Trade and Advocacy member Dr Shahzad Ansar urged the need for active collaboration between the CCP and academia for creating awareness of the competition law.

The CCP presentations included an animation on competition law, a brief overview of the evolution of competition policy and laws worldwide by Ahmed Qadir, the director-general of CCP’s Competition Policy and Research and International Affairs.

In the interactive session, the students and faculty members asked various questions related to the Competition Law, which were responded by the Commission’s team. In a detailed meeting held following the seminar, the CCP officials and Comsats faculty members discussed the prospects of future collaboration for creating awareness and adopting the CCP’s Module in the syllabus of the university.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 30^th, 2016.