The two-day Eid Bazaar of the products of women entrepreneurs organised under the auspices of Women Business Development Centre (WBDC) Peshawar attracted a large number of shoppers. Women Business Development Centre (WBDC) is a project of Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) of the Ministry of Industries and Production.
The project was launched three years back for the promotion of women entrepreneurship to create employment opportunities and alleviate poverty in the country. The centre providing stalls and racks to the entrepreneurs for the display of their products and incubates to new entrepreneurs to improve the standard of their products. The centre is consecutively arranging such women specific bazaars on every religious festival and also holds solo exhibitions of the young entrepreneurs.
Bazaars and exhibitions organised under WBDC Peshawar provide family like environment for women shoppers. The exhibition, Eid Bazaar held at WBDC display hall for the promotion of the products of its existing rack holders/incubates and encouragement of potential women entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs from all over Peshawar were participating actively in the exhibition. Their products ranging from a variety of unstitched and stitched clothes, shoes, jewellery, hand bags and other accessories for the festivities of Eidul Azha. Products from Lasoona, a Swat based non-governmental organisation were also on display.