The energy experts and the artists from Pakistan brought laurels to the country in Astana Expo 2017 as US-based Magazine conferred second award on Pakistan Pavilion for impressively exhibiting country's green energy models and the culture. The Exhibitors Magazine awarded the pavilion in Elements and Details category out of the competitors coming from around 117 countries and 30 international organizations from across the globe, Ambassador of Pakistan in Kazakhstan Abdul Salik Khan told APP Friday.
"My favorite element of the Pakistan Pavilion was the fact that approximately 90 percent of this pavilion was made from renewable, recyclable, and sustainable materials. Many of the energy solutions were very basic in an amazingly brilliant way, making those solutions something that any human living almost anywhere on the planet cannot only learn from but also put into practice themselves," commented the judges in their remarks.
At the Pakistan Pavilion were on display the model of recently solarized Parliament building of Pakistan, models of the renewable energy projects besides the cultural artifacts.
The artists from Pakistan also performed at the pavilion becoming a great attraction for the visitors. The pavilion was decorated with the famous truck art of Pakistan with its roof made of canes. The Pakistan Pavilion also became famous among top ten hash tags on social media what the visitors observed that it made them aware of the Pakistani culture and products.
The officials of the Trade Development Authority and the Pakistan embassy were there to guide the visitors about the products who were also keen to take selfies with the products as well as the artists. Project Director of the Pakistan Pavilion Farooq Ahmed said the Astana Expo provided the Pakistani artists and traders an opportunity to introduce their products in Central Asian region and got an impressive response too.
With the theme of `Future Energy' Astana Expo was started in June this year wherein all the participating countries and organizations displayed their energy models besides displaying creative ideas as how one could contribute to energy production in daily life.