Expert for uplifting cottage industry

ISLAMABAD:

Traditional cottage industries and handicrafts continue to play an important role in the economies of all Asian countries, Pakistan Furniture Council Chief Executive Officer Mian Kashif Ashfaq underlined.

Talking to students from the Institute of Communication Studies (Punjab University), he maintained that the cottage industry “plays a significant role in improving the economic standing” of any nation.

“They generate gainful non-agriculture based employment for those who cannot find jobs elsewhere,” he said, adding that developing cottage industries could boost the rural economy and diversify production.

These industries generate employment, local capacity and collective power for small entrepreneurs, he underlined. 

Published in The Express Tribune, February 4^th, 2022.

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