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Pak textile brand to support cause of orphan girls

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Sep 10 2014 | 8:50 PM IST
Pakistani textile brand LALA has joined hands with Indian NGO Samarpan Foundation to support orphan girls.
LALA today organised a fashion show here where orphan girls joined models on the ramp.
The proceeds of the show will be used to support the cause.
"The Lala company will support us for girl child education. They will be buying sewing machines for the embroidery centre for our women empowerment unit. They will also donate the proceeds from the fashion show towards the girl child education," Shraddha Vedbrat, a Trustee with Samarpan Foundation here.
"The protection of female rights and promoting girl child is the prime motive of this association. LALA promises to extend lifelong support to Samarpan Foundation through all possible means," LALA CEO Pervez Lala said.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is supporting the cause. Bhatt, who was present in the fashion show, said: "I have always believed like the father of the nation that only when India and Pakistan walk through the roads of time like two brothers will the world be a peaceful place to live in".
After starting as a simple trading house in 1947, LALA has grown to encompass four diverse retail brands providing accessible summer; mid summer and winter fabric ranges to ladies across Pakistan and internationally.

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First Published: Sep 10 2014 | 8:50 PM IST

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