The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research here on Thursday directed the ministry to appoint the chairman of Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) within one month.
The committee which met under the chairmanship of Javed Iqbal Warraich also recommended that the most senior officer of the council should be promoted as the PARC chairman.
The performance of PARC is not satisfactory, said the committee. The majority of varieties of seed are being imported, the committee said.
Steps should be taken to promote research by the council, the committee further said.
MNA Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla said that the irregularities were found in the distribution of bags of wheat. The committee has taken serious notice of these irregularities and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) already has taken up the issue.
The meeting was attended by members of National Assembly Chaudhry Iftikhar Nazir, Advocate Muhammad Ijaz Virk, Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla and Mohammad Arshad Khan Laghari.
NA body asks govt to appoint PARC chairman
