Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday gave away brand awards to 100 entrepreneurs who excelled in their respective fields to help Pakistan expedite the process of economic growth.
The award winners included Guard Filter of Guard Group Lahore, Nestle, Pakistan, Nestle Pakistan Limited, Procter & Gamble, Total Parco Pakistan Ltd, Warid Telecom, Pakistan Services Limited, Pepsi Cola International, Colgate Palmolive Pakistan Limited, EFU General Insurance Limited, Siemens Pakistan Engineering Co Limited, Callmate Telips Telecom Limited, Dollar East Exchange Company (Pvt) Ltd, Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan, MCR (Pvt) Limited, Vectracom (Pvt) Limited, Winson Pvt Limited, Avari Hotels Limited, Pakistan Cables Limited, English Biscuit Manufacturers(Pvt) Limited, Mehran Spice and Food Industries, Bank Alfalah Limited -Credit Card, Al-Nazeer Group of Industries, Mustafa Enterprise, TCS (Pvt) Limited, Cadbury Pakistan Limited, General Fan Company (Pvt) Limited, Sony Ericsson Pakistan, Habib Oil Mills, Gillett Pakistan Limited, Colgate Palmolive Pakistan Limited, Shan Food Industries, K&N's Foods (Pvt) Limited, Shield Corporation Limited, Agro Processors and Atmospheric Gases(Pvt) Limited, Zulfiqar Industries Limited, Bata Pakistan Limited, Airblue, Trakker Pvt Limited, Irfan Noman Bernas Pvt Limited, DHL Pakistan (Pvt) Limited, Lucky Cement Limited, United Mobile, Pioneer Cement Limited, Gerry's Travel, Karwan Al Madina, Atlas Travels, Berger Paints Pakistan Limited, Hanif Rajput Caterers, Tessori-The Art of Jewellery, Chaudhary Engineering Company, Metalex Corporation (Pvt) Ltd, Mehran Bottlers (Pvt) Ltd, National Foods, Cyber Internet Service (Pvt) Limited, Master Enterprises (Pvt) Limited, Shield Corporation Limited, Premier Industries, Tripple EM (Pvt) Limited, Noon Pakistan Limited, Sayyed Engineering (Pvt) Ltd, Golden Harvest Foods (Pvt) Limited, Tariq Glass Industries Limited, Young's (Pvt) Limited, Pakistan Cables Limited, KH Fama and Textile Processing (Pvt) Limited, Ashrafi Food Industries, Trakker Direct Insurance Limited, Premier Industries, Pakistan Accumulators, Sumbul Ahmad Ltd, Canon Traders (Pvt) Limited, Haseen Habib Corp (Pvt) Limited, Nayyer Industries (Pvt) Limited, Johan (Pvt) Limited, Canon Foam Industries (Pvt) Limited, Pelikan Industries, Shafi Sons Engineering (Pvt) Limited, TAQ Enterprises Cargo Services(Pvt) Limited, United Textile Mills, United Marine Agencies (Pvt) Limited, Roshan Enterprises, Raaziq International (Pvt) Limited, Homeopathic Stores and Hospital, Qasim Freight Int'l (Pvt) Master Glass Fiber, Saco Traders (Pvt)Limited and IKO Bearing.
Addressing the ceremony held at the Prime Minister House, Shaukat said that branding of products was important for any business to get a reasonable share in domestic market, besides improving Pakistan's image in the international market. He said the entrepreneurs should follow as model to those who excelled in different fields and made their products' brand a symbol of identity of their trade. He said the government would provide all possible facilities to growing businessmen who keep branding of their products.