LAHORE - A memorandum of understanding(MoU), regarding training of woodworking workforce, was signed between Furniture Pakistan, a subsidiary of Pakistan Industrial development Corporation(PIDC), and Ministry of Labor & Manpower, says a press release. The signing of the MoU took place on 22nd December, 2011, at National Training Bureaus Building, located at G-6, Islamabad. The MoU was penned down by Dr. Shahzad Ansar (CEO, Furniture Pakistan) and Razia Zuberi (DG, National Training Bureau). Present at this occasion were Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Federal Minister for Industries & Production, Khursheed Shah, Federal Minister for Labor & Manpower, Mrs Yasmeen Rehman, MNA/Chairperson Furniture Pakistan). NTB has agreed on providing 4 kanals of land to Furniture Pakistan, in Scetor H/9 lslamabad, to develop a woodworking training centre. Such training centres will also be made in other major woodworking hubs of Pakistan. Where Furniture Pakistan and NIB will jointly develop training centres that will impart modern training to the local woodworkers.