Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday approved a comprehensive plan to restructure country's livestock sector on corporate lines and boost exports by allowing duty-free livestock imports for specialised rearing farms before re-exporting them.

The prime minister, chairing a high-level review meeting regarding ongoing reforms in the livestock sector, directed the formulation and implementation of livestock sector reforms through private sector experts.

He instructed that specialized farms should be established for livestock exports and that high-yield, superior-breed livestock should be imported and reared in these specialized farms for export purposes.

He said a modern livestock tagging system should be introduced ...