‘Dire need to upgrade textile industry’

PRGMEA central chairman says govt considering proposals to give maximum relief

SIALKOT: There is a dire need to make efforts to upgrade the textile industry on modern lines and promote value-addition in the sector.

This was stated by caretaker Provincial Minister for Industry and Commerce, Punjab, Mian Anjum Nisar and caretaker Provincial Minister for Labour and Transport, Punjab, Mian Nouman Kabir, while addressing participants of an interaction session held at the Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) house on Monday.



PRGMEA Central Chairman Ejaz A Khokhar presided over the event. Addressing the participants, Nisar highly hailed the pivotal role of Sialkot exporters in strengthening the national exports by earning foreign exchange of $2 billion a year.

He said the government is actively considering several proposals to give maximum relief to the textile sector in the country to upgrade it on modern lines by motivating exporters through the promotion of value-addition.

Speaking on the occasion, Kabir hailed the services of Sialkot exporters for providing better health, education and residential facilities to more than 40,000 registered industrial workers and their dependents, saying that the Social Security Department is spending Rs700 million a year for providing advanced medical and health facilities to registered industrial workers and their dependents (total 175,000) in Sialkot.



The PRGMEA central chairman said proper government patronage for the textile sector is also needed to help the sector flourish, elaborating that unnecessary taxes need to be abolished.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 10^th, 2018.

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