The workshop on promotion of medicinal plants was held on 6th and 7th March, 1991 at the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, organized at the initiative of Mr. Amir Gulistan Janjua, Governor, NWFP. The objectives of the Workshop were to bring together research scientists, pharmaceutical industrialists, traders, professional foresters, farmers,'attibas' and personals engaged in the manufacturer of medicines used in the traditional system, to initiate discussion among them for the promotion, conservation and use of drug plants on scientific lines, marketing, processing and involvement of the end users i.e. industrial manufacturers.