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Business platform launched

By News Desk
December 21, 2017

KARACHI: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) and leading private sector companies of Pakistan jointly launched Pakistan’s first business and biodiversity platform (BBP) at a ceremony held at PQA, a statement said on Wednesday.

The platform is a unique initiative focusing on nature conservation through the collective support of the private sector, it added. The launching ceremony was organised at PQA and presided over by its Chairman Agha Jan Akhtar.

Members of IUCN, leading businesses, the initiating members of the platform, environmental experts and representatives from Sindh Forest Department attended the event, it said.