Pakistan’s value-added textile sector is already facing a shortage of at least 40,000 skilled workers, and the government’s plans for new industrial parks could bring that deficit to nearly 400,000.

Pakistan’s Textile Industry: A Global Powerhouse Facing Local Challenges Pakistan is one of the world’s largest cotton producers, and its textile industry is the backbone of the national economy.

Pakistan’s ongoing electricity and gas load shedding crisis could soon come to a head if the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) keeps good on its threat to strike indefinitely in protest ...

Pakistan’s textile exports are set to dramatically dip as the sector is hobbled by a nationwide energy crisis forcing daily power cuts on factories. Pakistan's textile exports are set to dramatically ...

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) is a leading national trade organisation comprising various components of textile manufacturing that includes spinning, weaving, and composite mills. The ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and apparel enterprises are set to receive broader support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) aimed at raising labour standards, improving workplace ...

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile industry has approached the government for a better trade arrangement with the United States of America (USA), as recent agreements between New Delhi and Washington, ...

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association, the country’s largest industrial body, has cautioned that rising global tensions are once again injecting uncertainty into energy and freight markets, ...

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile industry has proposed to the government to implement protective measures that will determine whether textile exporters can maintain their order books and market ...

WWF has been driving the adoption and implementation of Water Stewardship in the textile sector since 2011. With the support of international brands and local partners, WWF has established water ...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Pakistan will review the special energy rates granted to the textile industry by the government each year, taking into account prices offered by its competitors in the ...