Islamabad, : Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry has called upon the government to allocate land for establishing a Furniture Mall in Islamabad in order to boost furniture industry and enhance its exports. He said that Pakistan has huge potential to promote trade and exports of furniture products and the government should address key issues of this industry for its better growth. He said this while addressing a delegation of Islamabad Furniture Manufacturers Association that visited ICCI led by President Farhan Khan to congratulate the newly elected Office Bearers of ICCI. Abdul Rehman Khan Vice President ICCI, Ajmal Baloch All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran, Former Senior Vice President ICCI Khalid Chaudhry, Executive Member Aslam Khokhar and Chairman All Pakistan Furniture Association Zahid Hussain were also present at the occasion.
SardarYasirIlyas Khan said that the global furniture market was of billions of dollars, but Pakistan’s share in it was quite nominal and stressed that the government should develop furniture cities across the country to promote this industry and boost its exports. He said that ICCI would try for the establishment of an industrial zone in Islamabad and furniture industry would also be given space in it for better growth. He assured to extend all possible cooperation to the Furniture Association to modernize the furniture industry and help resolve its key issues.
