Around $250 million mutual agreements were signed at the three-day Health and Pharmaceutical International Exhibition, which was concluded, here on Thursday. The exhibition was jointly organized by E-Commerce Gateway Pakistan and Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry. As many as 550 foreign delegates from 25 countries, including China, Iran, USA, India, Turkey etc, attended the 15h exhibition that was visited by around 60,000 visitors.
Dr. Khursheed Nizam, President, E-Commerce Gateway Pakistan said the number of participants was much larger than the past years. He said that special attention given by the incumbent government created positive image of the country in international community.
Dr. Nizam said that participating foreign delegates were 30 percent higher than the last year and registration continued till the last hour. Pakistan Pharmaceutical Association chairman Shahzaib Akram said that local companies may contribute over $3 billion towards national economy. "If cost of doing business is reduced and basic issues are resolved then this industry could flourish at a faster pace and generate huge employment," he said, adding that it would also generate sizeable revenue for the government. Zahid Saeed, former president of Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) and Kaiser Waheed, former chairman PPA also attended the 15th Health and Pharmaceutical International Exhibition.
Over 30 seminars were held in which several health experts including Dr. Farrukh Naheed, Tazeen Fatima and Dr. Sadia Ahsan presented their thesis on issues such as latest research on human health, safe blood transfusion, anaesthesia, skin diseases, radiology etc.