I am an executive committee member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lahore and convenor of the handicraft committee of the Lahore Chamber. My field of business is textile finishing chemicals and I am successfully doing this for the last 10 years. I want to draw your attention towards the empowerment of women of this sector. Handicraft is 5000bc old culture of Pakistan and there is big potential of business in brass work, snake skin products and other embroideries. All we need is to develop one sample design centre and the function of that design centre is to develop designs according to international standards, provide raw materials and skills to women: how to fetch business through net and sublet orders to women under one roof. It will involve very little investment and could earn the investment back only in one year and the rest is profit. In this way if you pick only 500 women you are giving employment as well as skills and can save the cultural heritage of Pakistan. I am trying to get it done.

Nabila Intisar