President Asif Ali Zardari during his recent visit to UK has stressed on market access for Pakistani textile products to European countries.

He said that textile sector is the backbone of national economy in addition to offering 40% jobs to the work force. In spite of role of a front line country in the war against terrorism America and European Union are extending extra ordinary concessions to Bangladesh and other countries, which has inflicted direct blow to the Pakistani exports. These discriminatory policies coupled with global melt down has plunged textile sector into a crisis.

However, he said that PPP government has a privilege to announce a consensus, viable and most dynamic 5-year textile policy with emphasis on enhancing production and export of value added textile products. He said that revival of textile sector would also create new job opportunities for the male as well as female work force in addition to enhancing our exports.