Helpline Trust organizing Seminar on “Protecting Consumers” on 8th July, 2013

Karachi, July 04, 2013 (PPI-OT): Helpline Trust is organizing a Seminar on “Protecting Consumers” on Monday, 8th July, 2013, at the Indus Hall, Avari Towers Hotel, Karachi from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

The objective of the seminar is to highlight that how to protect consumers from the menace of substandard, counterfeit, contaminated and adulterated products and create awareness in the consumers of the harmful effect of these products on their health.

A recent survey shows that the government is also losing Rs 20 billion per year in revenue in the form of taxes, excise duties, etc., as most of these manufacturers of spurious and counterfeit products are not registered and do not pay taxes.

Justice (Retd) Majida Razvi, Trustee, Helpline Trust and the Law Foundation, will Chair the seminar and Ms. Sharmila Faruqui, Member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh, will be the Keynote Speaker. Participants in the seminar will include senior members from the government, judiciary, trade and industry.

For more information contact:
Helpline Trust
15C, 12 Ittehad Lane, Phase-II Extn.
Defence Housing Authority,
Karachi.
Phone: +92 (021) -3588-9643 and 45
Fax: +92 (021) -3588-9740
E-Mail: trust@helplinetrust.org / info@helplinetrust.org