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The Punjab government is actively considering establishing "Crafts Village" of an international standard at provincial headquarter in near future.

The official sources told Business Recorder here on Sunday that the step was being taken for providing opportunities to the crafts persons to market their products.

The main purpose of setting up this village was not only to introduce the crafts produced by the artisans but also to improve their economic condition sources added.

The Punjab Social Welfare Department in collaboration with the Tourism Department would take appropriate steps for attracting the tourists to visit proposed crafts village.

The present regime had focused its special attention on improving the economic conditions of artisans, both male and female, aimed at providing strong footing enabling them to earn their livelihood in a respectable way in the Punjab, they said.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2005


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