PCSI building capacity of private sector

F.P. Report

MULTAN: Pakistan Cotton Standards Institute (PCSI) is enhancing capacity of private sector through biannual training courses enabling people to perform cotton grading, classing, selection and fibre testing.

This was stated by PCSI Multan regional office in-charge Mian Nasir Ali while formally opening the course that began here on Monday and will conclude on Mar 9, says an official release.

Pakistan Cotton Standards Institute (PCSI) was organizing courses regularly at Karachi, Multan and Sukkur and sensing its importance the PSI was offering this course twice a year in Multan and Sukkur.

The courses were opening windows of earning opportunities for the trained workers, Mian Nasir said.

Farmers besides people from ginning, textile and cotton trade businesses were participating in these courses.

Deputy director Mian Zawar Hussain, Assistant Director Nasir Bajwa, Afzal Zafar and Siddiq Khan also addressed the ceremony.