{"id":60691,"date":"2020-01-30T04:46:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T04:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60691"},"modified":"2020-01-30T04:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T04:46:10","slug":"geographical-indicator-bill-for-made-in-pakistan-products-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/geographical-indicator-bill-for-made-in-pakistan-products-approved.html","title":{"rendered":"Geographical Indicator Bill for &#8216;made in Pakistan&#8217; products approved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad:\nThe\nSenate\u2019s Standing Committee on Commerce and\nTextile recently announced its decision to approve the much-awaited\nGeographical Indications (GI) Bill, 2019 \u2014 with the new regulation aimed at\nprotecting the commercial heritage of goods produced within the country,\naccording to new sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation was first introduced some 18 years ago and has been awaiting approval ever since. After the senate body\u2019s approval, the bill will now be presented before the upper parliament house for its approval; after which it will be sent to the National Assembly for further deliberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/china-to-set-up-research-centre-at-agricultural-university-in-multan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"China to set up research centre at agricultural university in Multan (opens in a new tab)\">China to set up research centre at agricultural university in Multan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senate committee was chaired\nby Senator Mirza Muhamamd Afridi. During the meeting, Intellectual Property\nOrganisation (IPO) Chairman Pakistan Mujeeb Ahmed Khan said that this bill was\ndeliberated-upon in great detail. He added that after the law has been accepted\nby the parliament, it will prove to be beneficial for exporters, traders and\ngrowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases (CCLC) green-lighted the draft of this legislation. Upon the passing of the bill, Pakistan will be able to claim and use GI for any locally made consumer goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pad-launch-agricultural-programmes-worth-pkr-26-bn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PAD to launch agricultural programmes worth PKR 26 bn (opens in a new tab)\">PAD to launch agricultural programmes worth PKR 26 bn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee members suggested that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-hire-overseas-pakistanis-as-trade-officers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Commerce Ministry (opens in a new tab)\">Commerce Ministry<\/a> and IPO should add products\u2019 protection under the new GI legislation while keeping climate change factors in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, multiple international\nbrands are selling Pakistan-origin products (Peshawari Chappals, Basmati Rice\netc.) while depriving Pakistan from getting premium on its GIs in the global\nmarket. The new law entails that once GI is registered, an infringement action\ncan be launched by both the registrant and authorised users. Around 121\ncountries have approved their GI laws already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Senate\u2019s Standing Committee on Commerce and Textile recently announced its decision to approve the much-awaited Geographical Indications (GI) Bill, 2019 \u2014 with the new regulation aimed at protecting the commercial heritage of goods produced within the country, according to new sources. The legislation was first introduced some 18 years ago and has been awaiting approval ever since. After the senate body\u2019s approval, the bill will now be presented before the upper parliament house for its approval; after which it will be sent to the National Assembly for further deliberation. Read: China to set up research centre at agricultural university in Multan The Senate committee was chaired by Senator Mirza Muhamamd Afridi. During the meeting, Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) Chairman Pakistan Mujeeb Ahmed Khan said that this bill was deliberated-upon in great detail. He added that after the law has been accepted by the parliament, it will prove to be beneficial for exporters, traders and growers. Earlier, the Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases (CCLC) green-lighted the draft of this legislation. Upon the passing of the bill, Pakistan will be able to claim and use GI for any locally made consumer goods. Read: PAD to launch agricultural programmes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15153],"tags":[17010,17011],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-trade","8":"tag-details-on-geographical-indicator-bill-for-pakistani-products-approved","9":"tag-gi","10":"cat-15153-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Geographical Indicator Bill for Pakistani products approved- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senate\u2019s Standing Committee on Commerce and Textile recently announced its decision to approve the much-awaited Geographical Indications (GI) Bill, 2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/geographical-indicator-bill-for-made-in-pakistan-products-approved.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Geographical Indicator Bill for Pakistani products approved- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senate\u2019s Standing Committee on Commerce and Textile recently announced its decision to approve the much-awaited Geographical Indications (GI) Bill, 2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/geographical-indicator-bill-for-made-in-pakistan-products-approved.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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