Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Sindh Minister for Works & Services inaugurated the 3-day event at Ocean mall Karachi. Talking to media, Minister Bijarani told reporters that the there are more than a dozen stalls, exhibiting a mixture of variety of traditional arts and crafts. The second Sartyoon Sang Craft festival was organized from 30 January to 01 February 2015 and is part of Sindh Rural Support Organizations, (SRSO) efforts to provide market linkages to rural women and artisans. The festival attracted large numbers of women residents of Clifton and nearby areas on first day. Muhammad Dittal Kalhoro, chief executive officer SRSO told that the event’s objective was to facilitate better incomes for women artisans of rural Sindh. “We have trained more than 7,000 women from some of the most underdeveloped regions of Jacobabad, Kandhkot/Kashmore, Shikarpur, Ghotki, Kambar/Shahdadkot, Khairpur and Sukkur that to help these women gain maximum monetary benefit from their skills, they have incorporated urban trends into their work. CEO Kalhoro said. “SRSO is trying to get their products into popular stores, such as Khaadi, so that these women have a steady source of income.