To expand Halal product world-wide: 'Road Show on Halal Industry' held across country

First phase of national awareness 'Road Show on Halal Industry' being run by Halal Research Council completed with programmes at KPK, Tribal, Mardan, Islamabad, Rawalpindi Chambers and Trade Associations were held to give proper awareness on Halal industry.
The aim of these programs is to promote Halal industry in order to expand the export of Pakistan in world-wide Halal market, said a spokesperson of the Council here on Monday. While conducting 150 awareness seminars, the road show will pass by 50 major cities of Pakistan and end up on Mar 01, 2011 in Karachi. In various programs at different chambers, Sulaiman Qureshi, Director, Pakistan National Accreditation Council, Saad Sikander, National Project Director, Halal Certification System, Muhammad Zubair Mughal, Chief Executive Officer, Halal Research Council, Dr Subhan Qureshi, KPK Agriculture University and other speakers highlighted the importance of Halal industry to give raise to Halal products in the world.
Muhammad Zubair Mughal, Chief Executive Officer, Halal Research Council said that the volume of Halal market is 2.3 trillion dollars in which Pakistan doesn't have even a smaller share. Pakistan can earn heavy revenue with Halal branding. . He further added that ten countries are on the top of the list of Halal food exporters eg Brazil, America, France, India, Russia and New Zealand etc. Pakistan being the large Muslim State can earn name in 1.8 billion dollars market of Halal food industry of Muslim world.
It is the prime aim of this road show to aware the people with this golden opportunity with the help of trade associations, chambers of commerce and industry, traders and industrialists etc, Mughal added. Halal Research Council is working for the promotion of Halal industry. In the 2nd phase programmes will be conducted at Jehlum, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Gujrat, Gujrawala, Sialkot, Lahore, Okara, Multan and Bahawalpur.