The publishers who attended the meeting included PLD Publishers CEO Muhamamd Zuber Saeed, Mehboob Ali of Ali Brothers Publishers, Ahmed Najib of Caravan Book House and others. According to the publishers, Pakistan lacked the environment of IPRs protection contrary to the the neighboring countries like India, Bangladesh, and China. IPO Chairman Mujeeb Ahmed said the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had the mandate to implement the IPRs rules, however, in some cases police also intervened. He said IPO Pakistan was taking up the matter with heads of FIA, Police and Customs to effectively implement the IPRs across the country. He said the inputs of publishers could be incorporated in the draft amendments in the IPRs rules.

Source: Pakistan Today January 26, 2020 15:22 UTC