peshawar    -   In order to create awareness about National Productivity Movement Pakistan, a seminar was arranged in collaboration with trade bodies and relevant stakeholders here on Friday.

The seminar was jointly organised by the National Productivity Organisation (NPO), Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and relevant stakeholders here at Government Technical and Vocational Centre Gulbahar Peshawar. The main purpose of the seminar was to create awareness about the ‘National Productivity Movement’.

The NPO   launched a National Productivity Movement, in a bid to create awareness on the use of modern innovative techniques and technology in various sectors of the country’s economy, which is essential for the promotion of sustainable productivity.

The awareness activity was attended by office bearers of chambers, traders, principal of Government Technical and Vocational Centre Peshawar, TEVTA’s joint venture officer, NPO Deputy General Manager Aftab Khan, Secretary General of the SCCI and others.

On the occasion, a walk was arranged in which   participants carried   placards and banners, inscribed with slogans to create awareness about Productivity Movement of Pakistan/Sustainable National Productivity (SNP).

Speakers highly praised the NPO for arranging awareness event about its ongoing National Productivity Movement Pakistan, saying that the movement aims at to create awareness on the use of modern innovative techniques and technology in various sectors of the country’s economy.

They   stressed the need for creating awareness on productivity in Pakistan at all levels, including industry, agriculture, academia, and the general public.

While realising sustainable productivity as an important factor for achieving competitiveness and target GDP growth, the speakers said a nation-wide comprehensive productivity awareness had been launched as successfully done in the other developed countries such as Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and Malaysia.