| Nazar
Muhammad Gondal |
President |
| |
Federal
Minister for Food
& Agriculture,
Govt. of Pakistan |
| Dr.Zahoor
Ahmad Baloch |
Vice
President |
| Dr.Zahoor
Ahmad Baloch |
Director
Research |
| Gul
Muhammad |
Secretary |
The Pakistan
Central cotton Committee (PCCC) emerged as incorporated institution
on the national horizon in 1948,with broad objective to concentrate
its efforts on bringing an improvement in growing , marketing and manufacturing
of cotton and cotton by-products through an extensive program of Research
& Development (R&D) in all its conceivable aspects.
The Committee
is semi-autonomous body with the Federal Minister of Food , Agriculture
and Livestock as the president. The Chief Executive of the Committee
is full time Vice President of grade-21 of the Federal Government. He
is assited by the Secretary PCCC in Administrative & Financial matters,
and the Directors at the Headquarter and the Institutions in all Technical
Aspects.
SUBCOMMITTEES
The PCCC
is guided by four specialized Sub-Committees comprising members, nominated
by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture representing the Ministries of
Agriculture, Textile, Commerce, Finance and Industries. Pakistan Agriculture
Research Council, Provincial Departments of Agriculture , Agriculture
Universities, Agriculture's Research Centers(Pakistan Atomic Energy),All
Pakistan Textile mill Owner's Association (APTMA),Pakistan Cotton Ginners
Association (PCGA) as well as growers from Punjab,Sind, NWFP and Balochistan.
The Four Specialized Sub-Committees namely
(a) Executive
Sub-Committee (ESC),
(b) Agriculture
Research Sub-Committee (ARSC),
(c) Technological
Research Sub-Committee (TRSC),
(d) Marketing
& Economic Research Sub-Committee MERSC)
are responsible
for management as well as Research & Development (R & D) work
of PCCC
