FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad on Tuesday arranged a one-day exhibition providing a platform to the students for showcasing their skills in textile designing.

UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf inaugurated the exhibition set up at the gallery of Iqbal Auditorium where more than 20 stalls were displayed which invited the attention of UAF campus community whoappreciatedselectionof coloursof differentdresses, designing and home decoration of the products.The students of Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition and Home Sciences of UAF exhibited their skills.

Dr Ashraf talking on the occasion said creativity and innovative ideas were prerequisite for success in life. He said youngsters were full of talent and by sharpening their skills, the country could move to the new heights of progress and prosperity. He said such activities would also sharpen skills of entrepreneurship among the people. He said strong academia-industry linkages were imperative to address the challenges of poverty, unemployment and other issues.

MPA Firdous Rai said: `Faisalabad, being a textile city, needs more experts in this field.` She appreciated UAF for holding the exhibition. She said the country was blessed with the tremendous talent that must be tapped for the betterment of society and the country.

Dr Masood Sadiq Butt of UAF said the textile industry accorded high importance to innovation and creativity. He said the themed work provided an opportunity to think out of the box.

Home Sciences In-charge Dr Ayesha Riaz said the exhibition aimed at providing a platform to the students to exhibit their skills. `We have to develop the skilled and trained manpower to compete with the rest of the world.

FBR RAIDS: The Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation (I&I), Inland Revenue of the Federal Board of Revenue, Faisalabad, raided two poultry unitsfor their taxevasion.

Sources of the I&I said M/s Pak Poultry Proteins (unregistered in sales tax) and M/s A.M Super Poultry (registered in sales tax but nill filer) were engaged in manufacturing of poultry meal as well as extractionof oil from fat of chicken. Both are involved in tax fraud by way of making taxable supplies and without charging/paying due tax under the Sales Tax Act, 1990.

They said teams of the directorate visited the premises of these units and checked the sales, purchase, ledgers, vouchers, computers, bank related record and bill books etc. Initial scrutiny of the record suggests sizable tax evasion in both cases. Detailed analysis of the resumed record is underway, they said. The action under section 38 of the Sale Tax Act, 1990 is in line with FBR`s policy of zero tolerance against unregistered and tax-evading businesses and units involved in tax fraud causing huge revenue loss to the national exchequer, they added.