{"id":525688,"date":"2026-01-15T01:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=525688"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:29:30","slug":"ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), under its ongoing Lecture Series on Competition Law, hosted a lecture titled \u201cCompetition Concerns in the Digital Economy.\u201d<br \/>\nThe lecture was delivered by Dr. Amber Darr, Lecturer in Competition Law at the University of Manchester, UK, and External Expert at CCP\u2019s Centre of Excellence in Competition Law (CECL).<br \/>\nThe lecture examined how the rapid expansion of digital platforms, big data, algorithms, and network effects is transforming markets and posing new challenges for competition authorities worldwide.<br \/>\nDr. Darr explained key characteristics of digital markets, including increasing returns to scale, market tipping, data-driven market power, and risks of algorithmic collusion.<br \/>\nShe also discussed the complexities of defining relevant markets and assessing dominance in zero-price and innovation-driven environments.<br \/>\nReferring to leading European Union cases involving Google, Apple, and Amazon, Dr. Darr highlighted issues such as abuse of dominance, tying and bundling practices, unfair trading conditions, and the evolving approach to vertical agreements in digital markets. The lecture also placed Pakistan\u2019s digital economy in a regional and global context, stressing the need for effective competition enforcement to ensure fair and innovative markets.<br \/>\nThe session was attended by CCP officers from Management Executives to Director Generals. Participants actively engaged in discussion on regulatory and enforcement challenges, reflecting CCP\u2019s continued focus on capacity building in competition law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), under its ongoing Lecture Series on Competition Law, hosted a lecture titled \u201cCompetition Concerns in the Digital Economy.\u201d The lecture was delivered by Dr. Amber Darr, Lecturer in Competition Law at the University of Manchester, UK, and External Expert at CCP\u2019s Centre of Excellence in Competition Law (CECL). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-525688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), under its ongoing Lecture Series on Competition Law, hosted a lecture titled \u201cCompetition Concerns in the Digital Economy.\u201d The lecture was delivered by Dr. Amber Darr, Lecturer in Competition Law at the University of Manchester, UK, and External Expert at CCP\u2019s Centre of Excellence in Competition Law (CECL). [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T20:29:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T20:29:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":232,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\\\/\",\"name\":\"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T20:29:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"description\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\",\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Web Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/edt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy","og_description":"ISLAMABAD The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), under its ongoing Lecture Series on Competition Law, hosted a lecture titled \u201cCompetition Concerns in the Digital Economy.\u201d The lecture was delivered by Dr. Amber Darr, Lecturer in Competition Law at the University of Manchester, UK, and External Expert at CCP\u2019s Centre of Excellence in Competition Law (CECL). [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/","og_site_name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","article_published_time":"2026-01-14T20:29:30+00:00","author":"Web Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_site":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Desk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Desk","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62"},"headline":"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy","datePublished":"2026-01-14T20:29:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/"},"wordCount":232,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/","name":"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-14T20:29:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ccp-hosts-lecture-on-competition-concerns-in-the-digital-economy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CCP hosts lecture on competition concerns in the digital economy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","description":"Daily Lead Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization","name":"Daily lead Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","width":1000,"height":154,"caption":"Daily lead Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLeadPak","https:\/\/instagram.com\/DailyLeadPak\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62","name":"Web Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Web Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/author\/edt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525706,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525688\/revisions\/525706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}