MULTAN: Metro, Pakistan's largest organized wholesaler and food specialist launched Metro Wholesale Centre at Multan, its 10th in the country. It was inaugurated by Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The simple but impressive inauguration ceremony was also graced by Bernhard Schlagheck, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to Pakistan.

On the occasion, Marek Minkiewicz, Managing Director Metro Pakistan said, "The Southern Punjab's capital Multan with a population of about a million people is a very attractive and important market for Metro."

Expressing his views, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, "I am delighted to be here to inaugurate this unique project that has come about, in the shortest possible time. Indeed Metro store will serve as a landmark for Multan, and will set a new mark for service and quality for the people of Multan. To me it is a vote of confidence on the economic revival of Pakistan."

The German Ambassador Bernhard Schlagheck also took the stage and said "Metro is a prime example of Germany's direct investment in Pakistan, of over 100 million Euros, as it remains to date one of the leading investors in modern wholesale cash & carry business from Germany in Pakistan."-PR

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