Daily Times

PESHAWAR: A one-day exhibition of art, culture and crafts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under the title of “Made in Pakhtunkhwa” will be held on August 31, at a local hotel in Islamabad. The event has been organised by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce & Industries (KPCCI), Peshawar.

This was said by KPCCI President Zulfiqar Ali Khan, during a press conference here at the KPCCI Peshawar office on Monday. Zulfar Ali Khan said that in the one-day exhibition around 60 stalls of different products made in Pakhtunkhwa will be presented for the people.

He further said that different stalls like Peshawari chappal, sweets, Swati shawl, embroidery work, etc will be presented for the people, adding that the sole aim of the exhibition was to invite investors in the country and outside the country to take interest in investment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He informed that already the chamber contacted the entire embassy of different countries located in Islamabad while around eight ambassadors of different countries assured them that they would visit the exhibition.

He further said that the KPCCI was working for the promotion of art and culture of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa across Pakistan, adding that earlier, due to militancy and terrorism the business community of the province had face difficult times but now the situation was calm and peace prevailed in the province with the efforts of the police and the Pak Army.

Zulfiqar Ali Khan went on to say that most of the business community of Peshawar had migrated to other provinces of the country but now as peace prevailed in the province all of them were again resettling in KP and wanted to invest in the province.

He added that the aims of the exhibition in Islamabad was to invite ambassadors and foreign ministers because most of the high-ups were reluctant to visit KP, adding that most of the ambassadors and high-ups were interested in Pakhtunkhwa made products but they did not visit the province so the chamber decide to organise the exhibition in Islamabad.

“A special stall will be organised for Jahangir Khan, a shoemaker who made chappals for Shah Rukh Khan, an Indian actor and got popularity after making chappal from the skin of deer,”Zulfiqar added.

He informed that the exhibition will be hed on August 31 and will start from 11 am. The exhibition will be inaugurated by the Punjab Governor while in the ending session the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor will also participate, adding “we want to promote inter faith harmony between the two provinces”.

He added that the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was not cooperating with the KPCCI as many times it contacted the ministers of KP for participating in the exhibition but they did not reply satisfactorily, adding that the federal government was cooperating with the chamber and fulfilled all the promises that it had made to them.

He informed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce & Industries (KPCCI) wanted to promote products of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and this exhibition would invite investors to invest in KP.