ISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – sixth Nov, 2022 ) :The draft of National Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Policy remains to be awaiting the feedback of the Ministry of Narcotics Control, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of National meals Security and Research for additional approval.
These ministries have been requested for his or her views or feedback on the coverage draft on August 24, 2022 in mild of the directions given by Cabinet Division.
According to an official supply, the draft National Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Policy was formulated after thorough session with related stakeholders and permitted by the Prime Minister’s workplace on March 02, 2022.
The draft National Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Policy was submitted to the Federal Cabinet on March 04, 2022 for its approval whereas the abstract was returned by the Cabinet Division with the instructions to resubmit, after the approval of latest Federal Minister on April 04, 2022.
The abstract was then re-submitted to Federal Cabinet for its consideration on August 05, 2022.
While the Cabinet Division in its latest letter has returned the abstract with the recommendation that it might be routed by Ministry of Narcotics Control, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of National Food Security and Research and Cabinet Division for additional placement earlier than the Cabinet.
About the hemp cultivation, the official supply revealed that as per the approval of Federal Cabinet, a PC-I relating to Cultivation and Processing of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis on Experimental foundation in 3 websites of PCSIR at Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and 02 websites of PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi have been proposed by Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR).
The Hemp has been cultivated to this point at a land space measuring 0.75 acres at Greenhouse Environment Research Facility, Rawat PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi whereas 4500 vegetation have been cultivated in greenhouse on 06 kanals land at PCSIR Labs Complex, Lahore.
The Greenhouse with an space of six kanals for cultivation in managed surroundings situations has been constructed at PCSIR Labs Complex, Peshawar.
PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi despatched 73.3 kg of hashish leaves, seeds and flowers of 4 completely different varieties to PCSIR Labs Complex, Lahore for medicinal exploitation.
Extraction, technique optimization and validation or standardization have been accomplished at PCSIR Labs Complex, Lahore whereas National Textile University, Faisalabad has ready hemp fibre from the stems of hemp plant offered by the PMAS Arid Agriculture University.
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