Islamabad: Officials of Ministry of Commerce told Senate Standing Committee on Commerce that China is interested in importing donkeys from Pakistan.

During briefing, officials maintained that China was a big market for exporting meat. Dinesh Kumar, a member of standing committee said that China is asking Pakistan to export donkeys as well as dogs.

Upon this, Senator Abdul Qadir said that Chinese Ambassador has talked about exporting meat from Pakistan several times. Pouring in his suggestion, Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi said that since animals are comparatively cheaper in Afghanistan, Pakistan can import them from there and then export meat to China.

However, officials of commerce ministry informed committee that due to prevalence of lumpy skin disease among animals, their import from Afghanistan has been temporarily banned. Aside from topic of exporting animals, standing committee expressed its concerns over withdrawal of electricity subsidy given to five export sectors. In response to that, commerce ministry officials said that issue has been raised before Ministry of Finance to revert subsidy as export sectors are facing various difficulties. The standing committee recommended that the government resolve the issue of electricity subsidy to the export industry as soon as possible.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 04 2022

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