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Islamabad,  

The Federal Government has re-appointed Dr. Joseph Wilson as Member, Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), for a term of three years with effect from 12 November 2013, and through a separate notification, appointed him as Chairman on acting charge basis, with effect from 12 November 2013 and until further orders. Dr. Joseph Wilson has been serving as a founding Member of CCP since its establishment in 2007. He has supervised Monopolies and Trade Abuses, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Affairs, Strategic policy, Research and Exemptions Departments at the Commission.

Prior to joining the Commission, he was an Associate Professor of Law at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, where he taught "competition law" in addition to other courses. He has presented at various international conferences, published in international law journals and authored a book titled "Globalization and the Limits of National Merger Control Laws (published by Kluwer Law International). Dr. Wilson earned Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) with Deans Honour List and Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He also holds an LL.M. from the University of Georgia, USA. He is a member of the State Bar of New York, USA and Lahore High Court Bar, and also serves on the International Advisory Board of the Loyola University Chicago’s Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, USA.

The government has already re-appointed Mueen Batlay and Dr. Shehzad Ansar as Members of the Commission for a term of three years, thus with the appointment of Dr. Wilson as Member, the Commission is now fully operational.



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