LAHORE: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal will inaugurate 3rd China Agro Chemical (CAC) Pakistan Summit & Pak-China Agro Chem at Lahore Expo Centre on December 4 at at 11:00 am. Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) President Malik Tahir Javaid, Senior Vice President Khawaja Khawar Rasheed, Vice President Zeshan Khalil, executive committee members, former office-bearers and businessmen from China and other parts of the world will attend the event. LCCI President Malik Tahir Javaid said that CCPIT Chem, a Chinese organisation, had partnered with LCCI in connection with holding 3rd CAC Pakistan 2017 in Lahore. He said that there were about 55 stalls booked by major companies of Pakistan and China related to agriculture and its sub sectors. The LCCI president said that this would add another chapter of success in the history of international exhibitions in Pakistan that around 38 Chinese companies were also participating in the exhibition to exhibit state-of-the-art technologies and solutions to improve the productivity of agro based commodities and also keep the crops free of hazards. He said that leading groups and companies of Pakistan associated with different sub-sectors of agriculture had confirmed their participation in CAC Pakistan. He said that Pakistan is an agrarian economy but lags far behind in terms of obtaining the desired level of knowledge and ways to combat with potential threats to our food and cash crops existing in the form of pests, unnecessary herbs and scarcity of water. He said that CAC Pakistan promised to display and convince the use of modern technologies developed over the period of time through research and development in the field of agriculture. He said that the CAC Pakistan will provide a joint forum to government officials and industry professionals to highlight the benefits of using pesticides, fertilisers, processed seeds, latest yet affordable agri-equipment and machinery. He said that there lies an immense potential of agro-chemicals in Pakistan which must be utilised on priority basis. Agro-chemicals have contributed significantly in raising agricultural yield and there is still a lot of room to bring improvement in this sector, he said. He said that they [LCCI] were glad to coordinate with CAC, which sets up world’s largest agro-chemical trading platform in China every year with updated policies, products, technologies and market dynamics. He said that CAC had broadened its network by exhibiting in Europe, Brazil and other important destinations of world. It will be the first time that CAC holds such kind of exhibition and summit in South Asia. “We are happy that Pakistan is taking the lead to hold this exhibition in collaboration with CAC,” he said. He said that we would like to welcome all incoming guests to Pakistan and will make every effort to make it a successful show. He expressed his wish to hold CAC Pakistan every year in Pakistan and that Pakistan’s agriculture sector grows fast. He expressed hope that that the exhibition prove to be a step in the right direction for Pakistan. Published in Daily Times, December 3rd 2017.