Government to take steps to develop onyx and marble industry

KARACHI: Pakistan’s mountain areas specially the North Western FATA areas are famous for high quality , The World Bank’s multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) is taking several initiatives for the development of marble sector in Fata.

A delegation of Fata SMEs, Fata ERKF (economic rehabilitation of Khyber Pakhtun­khwa/Fata) and marble sector experts would soon visit different factories in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.

The delegation, which met All-Pakistan Marble Mining Processing Industry and Exports Association Chair­man Sanaullah Khan last Saturday, discussed value chain and varieties of marble present in the country.

Sanaullah said markets in Afghanistan, Middle East and China can be tapped easily if we improve our quality.