Business remains slow on the cotton market though some inquiries emerge now and then. Power shortages in the country, particularly in the Punjab, sizeable coverage of cotton already made by the domestic mills till the arrival of the new season (August 2013 - July 2014) and hopes that some new crop cotton may trickle in the end of June or early July 2013 have tempered cotton purchases to any large degree.

Punjab Seed Council (PSC) has approved 5 Non-Bt Cotton and 4 new rice varieties for general cultivation in Punjab. The approval was granted in 43rd meeting of Punjab Seed Council chaired by Caretaker Minister for Agriculture, Punjab Qaisar Zulfaiqar Khan the other day.

Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab Shahzad Ali Khan has suggested the upcoming PML-N government to immediately form 'energy committee' with large stakeholders as integral part of it in order to resolve energy issues of the country.