LAHORE: Around 140 foreign delegations have so far confirmed their participation in the mega International Carpet Exhibition scheduled to be held at Expo Centre from October 5, 2017.
Talking to the media on Sunday, Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) Senior Vice Chairman and Chairman Exhibition Riaz Ahmed appreciated the role of Trade and Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) for financing the exhibitions in and outside the country. He added that a portion of the funds had been released by the TDAP as financial support to International Carpet Exhibition.
He mentioned that they were grateful to Lahore TDAP Director General Mian Riaz Ahmed for resolving the traders’ long-pending issues, besides helping them boost the carpet exports. He asked the government to increase the number of employees in TDAP so as to resolve carpet exporters’ problems on emergency basis, in an effort to increase export of carpets manifold.
Riaz Ahmed also urged the government to set up new offices in different cities of the province and deploy honest, hardworking and talented officers, which would help enhance export of carpets within minimum time, besides resolving the exporters’ issues.
He demanded the TDAP to release the remaining portion of the funds so that the final preparations regarding the exhibition could be finalised.
It was a good omen that registration of foreign delegations had been completed and he was much optimistic that this mega exhibition would be a great success with the help of TDAP and other concerned departments. The International Carpet Exhibition, he added, would definitely prove instrumental in jacking up the export volume of carpets manufactured in Pakistan.
