News & Views Index                                                 

• Pakistan lobbying for new avenues to gain EU access            

• PBA starts work on relief package for textile industry
• PTEA for capping of bank credit mark-up at 7%
• APTMA lobbying against procurement of pure cotton
• Textile most important sector of economy
• Govt in talks to buy Bt cotton seed
• Textile industry in deep quagmire
• SBP scales up export refinance by Rs3 billion
• KCCI seeks President's help to save textile sector from collapse
• Bt cotton gives Pakistan’s seeds 40% higher yield per acre
• Anti-dumping duties ordinance enables fair trade
• SBP agrees to give one-year moratorium on textile sector’s loans
• 50% spinning units on verge of bankruptcy
• Textile sector to achieve target despite problems
• Textile sector: two-year moratorium may avoid heavy closures ahead
• Proposals prepared to bail out textile industry
• APTMA urges government to run textile as `Pakistan Textile Incorporated`
• Frankfurt textile fair attracts 181 Pak exporters
• NA body recommends more incentives for cotton growers
• Cotton production to fall short of 3.5 million bales
• APTMA for saving textile sector from total collapse