Kashgar Trade Fair kicking off on 28th June

by Farman Karim Baig

Gilgit, June 25: The Kashghar Trade Fair will be held from 28^th June to 2^nd July 2009. According to reports over one hundred traders from across Gilgit – Baltistan are going to participate in the trade fair by exhibiting and developing market for the local products. 

High officials of the NA administration including chief secretary, MD Natco, deputy director of tourism department, officials of NAGMA (Northern Areas Gems and Minerals Association) and president of the Northern Areas Chamber of Commerce (NACC), Javed Hussain, are reportedly going to participate in the fair, along with traders. 

Accounts officer, Didar, of the NACC, told this correspondent that the chamber saw this fair as a golden opportunity for introduction of the gems and minerals of the region, in the Chinese market.