Pakistan Halal Authority

Pakistan Halal Authority (PHA) is an organization established by Act of Parliament No. VIII of 2016 under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST). PHA's mandate is to promote trade and commerce in halal articles and processes.

Establishment
The PHA was established to promote imports and exports, trade and commerce with foreign countries, and inter-provincial trade and commerce in all articles and processes described or represented as halal. has been done PHA is spread all over Pakistan for purposes of imports and exports, trade and commerce with foreign countries and inter-provincial trade and commerce.

Functions
PHA is responsible for maintaining and monitoring products in the local market at all times as well as ascertaining the halal status of imported and exported products. The PHA also has the power to recommend halal standards developed for articles and processes.

In October 2021, after a delay of almost five years, the federal cabinet approved the operational rules of the PHA.

Halal Certification Centre
The first state-of-the-art Halal Certification Center is being built to facilitate people to verify certified Halal products through a toll-free telephone number. A "Halal App" is also being introduced with a QR code to scan and get its complete details in one click.

Challenges
PHA has faced many challenges since its formation. It remained inactive for two years since its formation. The PHA was not fully functional due to lack of required regulations including business rules, service rules, and certificate mark regulation etc., which prevented Pakistan from tapping the huge potential of the international halal market. It took one and a half years for the DG of PHA to open the bank account of PHA.