PESHAWAR: Exhibition opens

Published April 15, 2002

PESHAWAR, April 14: NWFP Minister for Industries, Commerce and Information Technology, Mohsin Aziz, has said that all available resources would be properly utilized for the promotion and development of cottage industry, as it had to play a vital role in the economic uplift.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of industrial exhibition here, the minister said that no attention had been paid to industrialization in the past and the lack of proper attention and solid planning had resulted in slow pace of industrial development. He visited various stalls and lauded the organizers’ efforts.—Bureau

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