Pakistan Stone Development Company (Pasdec) is endeavoring to develop the country's Marble and Granite sector on modern lines with the help of cutting edge machinery, equipment and technical expertise. This was stated by Chief Executive Officer Pasdec, Ihsanullah Khan on the event of 7th Build Asia 2011 exhibition at Expo Karachi, according to a statement received here on Friday.
He said that Pasdec had established over 16 model projects of marble and granite development across the country, while others were in planning stage. "We have the vision to transform the orthodox stone sector into a globally competitive and socially responsible dimensional stone industry. Pasdec has introduced the mechanised quarrying practices in the country with state of art machinery and modern techniques of extraction. Resultantly the quarry wastage has decreased from 70 to 45 percent", he added.
Besides modern quarrying development, Pasdec is striving hard to explore new global market for marble and natural stone, so that the marble, granite and natural stone export quantum can be enhanced, Khan said.
Ihsanullah Khan said that Pasdec facilitates its JV partners and industry stakeholders to participate in the domestic and international trade fairs and exhibitions of marble and natural stone products for exploring the export markets and results are very encouraging.
He offered the foreign investors to invest in Marble and Granite sector of Pakistan, which has huge potential. Delegates form China, Germany, Iran, Italy, Oman and UAE attended the exhibition and expressed their keen interest in marble, Onyx and granite products.