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Cluster development projects worth Rs100m inaugurated in district Swat

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Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi, to help promote the traditional textile sector and home production on Friday, inaugurated two Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) funded projects worth in Rs.100 million in district Swat.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi said federal government under the auspices of SMEDA had successfully completed three PSDP funded projects in the district.

Traditional Islampur textile sector revived through LPH

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Weaving woolen shawls and other fabrics is a God-gifted talent of the people of Islampur, a village in district Swat. During the 1990s, the weaving sector was said to be at its peak with around 90% of the population related with it in one way or another. When militancy hit the area in in 2007 business of hand looming reduced.

Livelihood Programme Hindukush (LPH) of the Inter-Cooperation (IC) with the funding assistance of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is working on the revival of the traditional textile cluster of Islampur, district Swat.

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