1 Proceedings PAK-US STANDARDS AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP 24-25 MAY, 2007 LAHORE PAKISTAN Compiled & Edited by: Dr. Shahzad Afzal Director, PSQCA Address: Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of Pakistan Block-77, Pak Secretariat., Karachi. Tel: 92-21-9206260 Fax: 92-21-9206263 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.psqca.com.pk Tole Free No. 0800 80000 2 Sessions Proceedings (Pak-US-US Standard and Conformity Assessment Workshop) Page Preface 4 Welcome Address by Shehryar Khan, Joint Technological Advisor, Ministry of science 5 & Technology Inauguration by Mr. Parvez Butt Hilal –i- imitaz , Sitara-i-imita, 6 Secretary Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan Keynote Address by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Director National Institute of Standards 7 & Technology (20 minutes) Plenary Standards, Metrology and Accreditation: Implications for Trade 9 Session-I (Chaired by Dr. Syeda Tanvir Kousar Naim, Consultant, Committee for Scientific & Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) Breakout Textile Standards and Conformity Assessment Procedures: 13 Group-II (Chaired by Engr Akbar Shiekh, All Pakistan Textile Manufacture Association) Breakout Electro-technical/Electronic Products Standards and Conformity Assessment 17 Group-III Procedures.(Chaired by Javed Arshad Mirza, Hilal –i- imitaz , Tamgha-i- Baqa, Sitara-i- imtiaz Chairman Pakistan Council for Science & Industrial Research) Breakout Food Standards and Conformity Assessment Procedures (Chaired by Mr. Zawdu 22 Group-IV Felleke, United Nation Industrial Development Organization (U NIDO) Islamabad Breakout Surgical and Steel Products Standards and Conformity Assessment Procedures. 28 Group-I (Chaired by Mr. Rizwan Qadri, CE Qadri Group of Companies, LHR) Plenary Certification, Testing and Calibration Procedures: Implications for Trade (Chaired by 32 Session- II Dr.