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. He urged the need to bridge gap between academia and policy makers and extended BZU’s support to CCP in working together in the areas of mutual interest. Dr. Imran Sharif while addressing the seminar expressed his desire for adopting the Module on Economics and Competition Law, developed by CCP in collaboration with the King’s College London, in the curriculum of BZU. He said that the students of economics and management sciences can benefit from competition law if it is offered as an elective subject. Presentations by CCP included an animation on Competition Law, a brief overview of the evolution of Competition Policy and Law worldwide, an outline of the Pakistan’s Competition Law, and a presentation on the role of the Office of Fair Trade (OFT) in curbing deceptive marketing practices. The presentations were followed by an interactive session wherein the questions asked by the participants were responded by the Commission’s team. After the seminar a meeting was held between CCP team and the BZU faculty to discuss the Module on Economics and Competition Law. BZU offered signing a Memorandum of Understanding with CCP for future collaboration in the areas of research and information sharing.
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. He urged the need to bridge gap between academia and policy makers and extended BZU’s support to CCP in working together in the areas of mutual interest.
Dr. Imran Sharif while addressing the seminar expressed his desire for adopting the Module on Economics and Competition Law, developed by CCP in collaboration with the King’s College London, in the curriculum of BZU. He said that the students of economics and management sciences can benefit from competition law if it is offered as an elective subject.
Presentations by CCP included an animation on Competition Law, a brief overview of the evolution of Competition Policy and Law worldwide, an outline of the Pakistan’s Competition Law, and a presentation on the role of the Office of Fair Trade (OFT) in curbing deceptive marketing practices.
The presentations were followed by an interactive session wherein the questions asked by the participants were responded by the Commission’s team. After the seminar a meeting was held between CCP team and the BZU faculty to discuss the Module on Economics and Competition Law. BZU offered signing a Memorandum of Understanding with CCP for future collaboration in the areas of research and information sharing.
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