President for adopting modern beekeeping techniques - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Dr. Arif Alvi has called for adopting modern beekeeping techniques and strengthening the capacity of honey producers by providing them advanced training and skills to enhance the yield and quality of organic honey produced in Pakistan. While chairing a follow-up meeting on beekeeping and honey production at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Wednesday, the president said that the government would encourage and facilitate beekeepers by providing them loans under the Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Program in addition to imparting advanced training in training institutes like NAVTTC and TEVTA. The meeting was attended by President All Pakistan Bee Keepers and Honey Dealers Association (APBKHDA), Mr Naeem Qasmi, Chairman Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Dr Muhammad Azeem Khan, Secretary of Forestry, Environment and Wildlife Department of KPK, Mr Islam Zaib, Secretary Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperative Department of KPK, Mr Muhammad Israr and other senior officials of the Government of Pakistan.