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Citrus and winter fruit expo from 28th

ISLAMABAD: The 3-day National Citrus and Winter Fruit Exposition, will be held here from January 28 to assess improvement in horticultural production and processing in the country.

The show would be centre of attraction of expatriate community, exporters, fruit growers, representatives of fruit processing industries, etc.

Organised by Horticultural Foundation of Pakistan, the exhibition will be held at Jameel Nishtar Auditorium of the Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan.

A large number of growers, processor, exporters, government and semi-government organisations, research institutes and universities, Kinoo peeling and eating and display of fruit baskets would be added attraction at the event.

Tariq Akram, State Minister and Chairman, Export Promotion Bureau would inaugurate the exposition. Dr Syed Shafqat Ali Shah Jamote, Minister for Food and Agriculture will give away the prizes to the leading performers at the concluding ceremony.ÑAPP