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PESHAWAR: The 5th Women Entrepreneurs Trade Fair has started here at the Palm Marquee on Tuesday. Trade Development Authority Pakistan (TDAP), Peshawar, Ministry of Commerce, Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) have jointly organized the two-day event.

The trade fair is aimed at providing a platform to the business and skilled women entrepreneurs of the province and across the country to showcase their products and encourage them to market them in the best possible way. The event is open only to women and families from 11am to 11pm.

The organizers have established 50 stalls where handmade cultural and traditional products, dresses, local and traditional foods, handicraft, Charsadda shoes, art and craft, embroidered clothes, gemstones, handmade jewellery, stone jewellery, leather products, mosaic work, jute wok, purses & clutches, beauty products, Karachi and Swat shawls, bed sheets, baby clothing, toys, kitchen utensils, furniture and a lot more have been put on displayed.

The TCKP has also set up an information centre where the visitors obtained brochures, pamphlets and posters containing information about the tourist spots, archaeological and heritage sites.

Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Fauzia Inayat, Fitrat Bilour, former president NuzhatRauf, Rukhsana Nadir, RohiZahir Shah, NasiraLuqmani, TDAP Peshawar Director Sariruddin, Deputy Director Muhammad Awais Khan, Assistant Director Zahid Muhammad and others visited the stalls on the opening day.

They expressed satisfaction over the arrangements and participation of large number of womenfolk in the trade fair.