Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab Food and Environment, Mansha Ullah Butt said that the business exhibitions plays vital role in the economic activities of any country and create soft image. He was addressing as the chief guest after inaugurating 8th International Plastic Printing and Packaging Industry & International Food Equipment & Technology (3P) Exhibition here at Expo Centre Lahore. The 3P expo was jointly organized by the FAKT Exhibition Private Limited and Pakistan Plastic Manufacturers Association (PPMA) will be continued till Monday march 19 2012.
Mansha Ullah Butt congratulated the exhibitors and event organizers who bring the intentional exhibitors belong from India, China, Italy, Germany, Taiwan, Japan and other European countries. He said that Punjab government was very much supportive for the businesses and taken various steps for their facilitations. He welcomed the international exhibitors on their visit to Pakistan, especially Punjab to display their products and transfer of technology. More than 200 companies from around 50 different countries of the world were displayed their machinery and packaging material at the Lahore Expo Centre for three days show.
Talking to the reporters, Chairman, PPMA, Shakeel Ahmed said that Pakistan has great potential to export finished plastic goods to the international markets condition to supportive government policies. He said Pakistani plastic sector was facing numerous problems from smuggled plastic raw material from Iran which disturbed the people doing legal businesses in the Pakistan. He said PPMA raised its voice at different forums but not avail. The Chairman PPMA, said that till 1990 Pakistani Plastic industry was at par with its Indian counterparts, however, after favorable government policies by the Indian government to their industry pushed them far ahead to Pakistan. On the other hand Pakistani industry has been caught in various problems which are never resolved by any concerned authority. He demanded the government to establish Hydro Cracking Plant which will ensure the cheapest raw material for Pakistani plastic industry. He said for the last two decades the government was working on Hydro Cracking Plant but no breakthrough was occurred. CEO, FAKT Exhibitions, Salman Khan Tanoli said that 3P expo was 8th annual exhibition in row without government support. He demanded the government to give the Exhibitions sector status of industry and patronize them. He said exhibitions crate soft image of Pakistan globally as number of intentional exhibitors were participating in this expo will bring the more foreign visitors to Pakistan when they will return back to their native countries. He said that FAKT was founded with the principal objective of building bridges among Pakistan and International Countries by promoting commerce, trade and business through its corporate Exhibitions and Conferences.
‘Business exhibitions are pivotal for economic activities of any country’
