6th Build Asia 2010 Int'l Exhibition & Conference commenced today  at Karachi Expo Centre

CEO PIDC, Gul Mohammed Rind, Ambassadors & High Commissioners of ASEAN Diplomatic Missions in Pakistan and others, Chairman PASDEC Ihsanullah Khan inaugurated the Event.

Karachi, July 27, 2010:- 6th Build Asia 2010 Int'l Exhibition & Conference commenced today at Karachi Expo Centre. CEO PIDC, Gul Mohammad Rind, Ambassadors & High Commissioners of ASEAN Diplomatic Missions in Pakistan and others, Chairman PASDEC Ihsanullah Khan inaugurated the Event.

The 6th Build Asia Exhibition is featuring over 150 exhibitors, ranging from major global suppliers to regional agents and distributors.

The dignitaries took part in Inauguration were:

1. Mr. Gul Mohammad Rind, CEO PIDC
2. H.E. Mr. Jesus I. Yabes, Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines
3. H.E. Mr. U. Tin Oo, Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar
4. H.E. Mr. Abdul Jalil, High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam
5. H.E. Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
6. H.E. Mr. Ishak Latuconsina, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
7. H.E. Mr. Dato Ahmad Anwar Adnan, High Commissioner of Malaysia
8. H.E. Mr. Marut Jitpatima Ambassador, Royal Thai Embassy
9. Ms. Fisun Aktug, Turkish Commercial Attache’
10. Mr. Mohammed Khalid Abdul Razzak, Consul General of Malaysia
11. Commercial Counselor of Thailand in Karachi
12. Mr. Ihsanullah Khan, CEO/ Chairman PASDEC
13. Mr. Ali Reza Alladin, MD Shabbir Tiles
14. Dr. Khursheed Nizam, President, Ecommerce Gateway
15. Mr. Ahsan Mukhtar Zubairi, Secretary General/ CEO Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

There are more than 300 stalls in the Exhibition occupied by more than 150 exhibitors. Participants from more than 11 countries including China, Cyprus, Germany, Iran, Italy, Turkey, UAE, etc. including more than 100 foreign delegates have been gathered at the platform of 6th Build Asia. The 3-day Event is organized by Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan; the only UFI (Paris) Approved Event Organizer of Pakistan.

As the largest event of its kind in Pakistan, Build Asia provides an unrivalled platform for architects, consultants, interior designers, builders, landscapers, developers, contractors, machinery & equipment manufacturers & suppliers from the public and private sectors to network, source and specify the latest building and construction products and services. The Event provides the most comprehensive product offering for the building and construction industry.

Build Asia also incorporates 3rd Stonefair Asia 2010 Int’l Exhibition and a high profile International Conference on Construction Industry-ICCI 2010 on the first day of Exhibition.

6th Build Asia 2010 is being organized with the support of Federal Ministry of Housing & Works, Board of Investment (BOI), Government of Pakistan; Confindustria Marmomacchine Assomarmomacchine – Italy, Lasbela Industrial Estates Development Authority–LIEDA, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), Government of Sindh, City District Government Karachi (CDGK) and other related associations.

The Event is co-organized by Pakistan Stone Development Company "PASDEC", Association of Builders & Developers of Pakistan “ABAD”, All Pakistan Marble Industry Association “APMIA” and All Pakistan Furniture Exporters Association “APFEA”, whereas the Sponsors are Shabbir Tiles, BASF Chemicals, Punto Italiano-Italy, Crete n Crete, Magnacrete, Dizayn Group-Turkey and Engro Polymer & Chemicals Ltd. For any further information, the Event’s official website www.buildasia.net may please be browsed.
 

In the current scenario of economic recession, ABAD will play its due role for the revival of the economy and the stability of the country. This was stated by Chairman ABAD, Engr. Farooq-uz-Zaman Khan. He was speaking on the occasion of signing of Memorandum of Understanding between ABAD and Ecommerce Gateway for organizing seminars on housing finance, alternate energy and Build Asia Exhibition.

The construction industry is mother of 72 allied industries which are dependant on the construction activities for their production. This economic cycle provides the launching pad for enhancing economic activities, said Farooq-uz-Zaman, and in this regard the Government has to address the impediments faced by construction industry on preferential basis.

Chairman ABAD said a seminar on Housing Finance will be organized in February this year and Governor State Bank of Pakistan Syed Saleem Raza has consented to chair this seminar. It is expected that World Bank Advisor for South Asia on Housing Finance will also attend. Experts will read working papers on Housing Finance and Affordable Housing.

In March 2010, a seminar on Alternate Energy Sources will be held to discuss feasibility of alternate sources like solar energy etc., to help decrease the crisis of power shortage are sought.

The seminar on Construction and Building Material will be held at ABAD House with the support of Ecommerce Gateway. And in July this year the annual Build Asia Exhibition will be held with the support of ABAD.

On this occasion Saleem Kassim Patel, Regional Chairman ABAD said that in Pakistan that in GDP the share of Construction Industry is only 2.5% which is very less as compared to the neighboring countries and only way to increase this is by diverting financial resources to Housing and construction industry. This will also provide immense support to Governments vision of providing one million houses to the shelter less.

President Ecommerce Gateway Khursheed Nizam, underlining the importance of seminars and exhibitions said the partnership with ABAD will help the revival of construction industry and would become a conduit for the import of latest technology.

S. Javed Jafri
Secretary General - ABAD