Karachi To Host “Biryani Festival”

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail announced that a “biryani festival” will be held in Karachi annually.

While addressing a lunch organised by the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP), Ismail accepted a request to host a biryani festival and said, “We will be hosting a biryani festival soon and it will become an annual tradition.”

Ismail promised that the government will help increase rice exports to $4 billion, adding that “the government wants to aid farmers, industrialists and exporters. Rice exporters are the country’s breadwinners and the doors of Governor House are always open for them”.

REAP Chairman Safdar Hussain on the occasion said, “The government is focusing on the improvement of every sector.”

“It is the exporters’ responsibility to increase exports and support us,” he further said.