Committee recommends not to shift PSQCA headquarters to Islamabad from Karachi.

KARACHI -- The National Assembly Standing Committee on Science and Technology in a meeting held here Tuesday recommended that the headquarters of the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) should not be shifted from Karachi to Islamabad.

In the meeting which was held here at the parliament house under the Chairmanship of Member National Assembly, Sajid Mehdi, the committee observed that the shifting of PSQCA headquarters from Karachi to Islamabad may cause loss to the government exchequer.

The Additional Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology apprised the Committee that under PSQCA Act of 1996, the headquarters of the Authority shall be at Karachi and it may, with the approval of the Federal Government, set up regional offices at such places as when and where required.

He informed that a Bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Kauda Babar for transferring the PSQCA headquarters from Karachi to Islamabad. The said Bill was referred to the Senate Standing Committee of Science and Technology for consideration and report.

He also informed that the Committee considered the amendment in Section (2) of the PSQCA Act and passed the Bill with the majority. The Additional Secretary was of the view that the said shifting is not feasible.

The Committee recommended that the headquarters of PSQCA should not be shifted from Karachi to Islamabad.

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