PAKISTAN CENTRAL COTTON COMMITTEE

Nazar Muhammad Gondal President
  Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture & Livestock, Govt. of Pakistan
Dr. Ibad Badar siddique 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