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Bahrain assures

support to SSIC

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Consul General of Bahrain, Ibrahim Mohammad Ibrahim has assured the Sindh Small Industries Corporation (SSIC) that

he would do the needful in popularising Pakistani handicrafts in his country.

Visiting Pakistan Handicrafts Shop at the PIDC House along with Ahsan Mukhtar Zuberi, Honorary Consul General of Romania, he admired the beauty and durability of Sindh handicrafts.

He stressed the need to adopt a strategic plan to boost the exports of traditional handicrafts of Sindh in the world market, including fixation of prices keeping in view the status of international economy.

Ahsan Mukhtar Zuberi lauded SSIC's role in promoting and developing the handicrafts and called for setting up an export channel for it.

Dr. M. Khawar Jameel, Managing Director, SSIC, said that an informative booklet for enhancing marketing and export of the ceramic items, developed by the SSIC ceramic-cum-training centre was under publication which would be sent to all the embassies and consulates.