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Being the highest value-added sector in the textile value-chain, ready-made garments bring in substantial amount of fore

After almost thirty years of being governed by the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA), garment trade was opened up to free comp

There has been strong contention between the value-added segment of ready-made garments and their suppliers lower down t

Bank credit to private sector businesses has surely galloped in the first four months of current fiscal year. The net cr

The nails just don’t stop being driven in the coffin when it comes to the textile sector. As if the already high cost of

The textile sector’s response to the original incentive package announced last year by the government was lukewarm at be

The textiles number released earlier in the week by the PBS indicate broad based growth in textile exports for Sep-17. R

Lack of innovation and not keeping abreast with global trends are just some the reasons emphasized time and again for f

The textile sector’s performance for FY17 was described as marginally better in the central bank’s recently released ann

Pakistan’s largest textile composite, Nishat Mills Limited (PSX: NML) released its result for FY17 recently which saw th

The recently released textile export numbers provide room for some cautious optimism regarding the future trajectory of

Policymaking is one of the most important tools the state has to shape a particular sector and provide a roadmap of wher

When it comes to manufacturing and exports, the aim for any country should be to eventually focus on those industries an

Textile export numbers for July-17 are out with the sector once again showing lacklustre performance. While many have pi

Even though many of the issues affecting the textile sector affect the entire value chain such as currency devaluation a

Adverse global economic conditions, overvalued rupee, political instability, and unfavourable international trade ag

The recently released textile export numbers paint a bleak picture of the sector. Even though there was an increase

On June 3 this year, Pakistan Customs announced that the Goods-in-Transit-to-Afghanistan (GITA) train service was re-lau

The garments sector of Pakistan holds great promise when it comes to increasing export-led growth primarily because

In addition to people feeling the heat, our industry is feeling the heat of load shedding too. Last week, the Pakist

This year’s Economic Survey has a brief section on GSP Plus, which highlights some positives on Pakistan’s market ac

The latest PBS trade data is here and the numbers are not very convincing; for the month of April 2017, total textil

One of the core issues in the textile industry – or really, any export-oriented industry – that keeps grabbing headl

In spite of the ongoing malaise of the textile industry, Nishat (Chunian) Limited (PSX: NCL) has been performing excepti

The textile powerhouse, Nishat Mills Limited (PSX: NML) is losing profitability; for the nine months ended FY17, despite

For all the fanfare and attention it received, the PM’s export package doesn’t seem to have worked so far; for the m

Last month, the ECC approved the winding up of Pakistan Textile City – a 1,250 acre project in Karachi that never took

In September 2016, the directors of Gul Ahmed Textile Mills (GATM) said they were optimistic for a positive bottomline growth in the remaining nine months of FY17.