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Pakistan textile exports

How Pakistan lost three decades while its neighbours rewrote the rules of global trade

Published 05 Aug, 2026 09:30pm

Pakistan’s export story is one of extraordinary promise undermined by decades of policy inconsistency. Once regarded...

Textile sector: shared transition, shared responsibility

Updated 31 Jul, 2026 09:52pm

Pakistan’s textile mills are caught in a contradiction they did not design. The brands they supply in Europe and...

Pakistan's exports to EU have two years, and govt has one job: implementation

Updated 31 Jul, 2026 09:58pm

Pakistan has spent more than a decade building the legal framework that GSP+ demands, ratifying the conventions,...

Debt crisis: how exports, population control and policy reform can save Pakistan

Published 07 May, 2026 10:00am

Pakistan is walking a fiscal tightrope. By FY25, public debt had climbed to roughly $289.1 billion (Rs80.6 trillion)...

Oct textile exports surge 2.5pc MoM

Updated 06 Nov, 2025 09:36am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile exports registered an increase of 2.5 percent in October on a month-on-month (MoM)...

PTC warns of export slump, industrial closures amid cost crisis

Published 03 Oct, 2025 10:15pm

The Pakistan Textile Council (PTC) has sounded alarm over the country’s deteriorating export performance and growing...

Sustainable path to $100 billion textile exports

Published 18 Jun, 2025 05:34pm

The Government of Pakistan appreciates the proactive engagement of textile sector associations in highlighting the...

Unlocking the textile industry’s full potential

Published 25 Feb, 2025 06:53am

Pakistan’s textile exports have witnessed an 8.6 percent recovery in 2024, reaching US$17.45 billion in 2024 from...

H1 textile exports grow 10pc YoY

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 03:12pm

Current fiscal year shows a 3% decline in exports compared to FY22

Is a return of textile export firms to stock market in the offing?

Published 21 Aug, 2024 07:42am

In the five years since it went public, Interloop Limited (PSX: ILP) has increased its export revenue as well as...

Current account FY25: weak exports pose threat

Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:50am

The near-zero current account balance is expected to continue, as a deficit of $162 million was posted on July 24....

Towellers Limited

Published 19 Aug, 2024 07:38am

Towellers Limited (PSX: TOWL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1973 and was converted...

July textile group exports down 3.09pc to $1.27bn YoY

Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports decreased by 3.09 per cent in July 2024 and remained at $1.271...

‘Intensified competition with China’ dents Pakistan’s textile sector: Economic Survey 2023-24

Published 11 Jun, 2024 09:53pm

Intensified competition with China and weakened external demand hit Pakistan’s textile sector, which remained at the...

Letter to finance minister: APTMA calls for ‘export-centric’ policies

Updated 17 Apr, 2024 05:48pm

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has called for an “export-centric” programme, stressing that high...

Pakistan’s textile exports up 3% YoY in March, clock in at $1.3bn

Updated 02 Apr, 2024 11:49pm

In 9MFY24, overall textile exports down marginal 0.3%, stand at $12.44bn

Cotton arrival inches up 3.5% in first two weeks of Dec: PCGA

Updated 18 Dec, 2023 04:35pm

Cotton arrival in Pakistan witnessed an increase of 3.5% as of December 15 compared to November 30, showed the...

$100 billion export vision: Pakistan eyes to reduce trade deficit with China

Published 09 Dec, 2023 04:50pm

A 20-member delegation representing all sectors of Pakistan’s export sector will leave for China on Sunday

‘$100bn export vision’: EAC charts course

Updated 09 Dec, 2023 09:53pm

ISLAMABAD: The Export Advisory Council (EAC) on Friday held its inaugural meeting under the chairmanship of...

Textile exports: where does Pakistan stand?

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

EDITORIAL: Insofar as the enormity of Pakistan’s economic (balance of payments and manufacturing) challenges is...

July textile exports down 15pc to $1.31bn YoY

Published 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile exports registered a decline of 15 percent and remained $1.31 billion during July...

Pakistan’s textile exports slump continues in July: APTMA

Updated 02 Aug, 2023 03:37pm

Textile sector exports witness decline of 15% in July, clocking in at $1.31 billion

Setting the record straight

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 05:25am

In FY23, textile exports plunged by $2.8 billion (15% decline) compared to FY22, derailing positive developments...

Pakistan’s textile exports plunge 29% year-on-year in April

Updated 03 May, 2023 03:43pm

Amount to $1.24bn during last month, according to provisional data released by APTMA

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Aug 6	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Aug 6	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Aug 6	158.45
USD to Swiss Franc / Aug 6	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Aug 6	1.35
Euro to USD / Aug 6	1.15
SOFR % / Aug 6	3.66

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Aug 6	7,709.96
India Sensex / Aug 6	78,954.76
Nasdaq / Aug 6	26,348.35
FTSE 100 / Aug 6	10,867.89
Dow Jones / Aug 6	53,885.10
Germany DAX 30 / Aug 6	26,140.13
France CAC40 / Aug 6	8,699.71
Tokyo Nikkei / Aug 7	65,039.16
Hang Seng / Aug 7	25,530.59

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Aug 6	78.09
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Aug 6	18,580
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Aug 6	385,147
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Aug 6	4,241.79
Cotton US¢/pound / Aug 6	83.16
Petrol/Litre / Aug 7	329.82
Diesel/Litre / Aug 7	382.36

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Tri-Star Mod. / Aug 7 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	46.39 ▲ 4.22 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Aug 7 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	61.81 ▲ 5.62 (10%)
East West Ins. / Aug 7 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	73.23 ▲ 6.66 (10%)
Tata Textile / Aug 7 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	159.62 ▲ 14.51 (10%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Aug 7 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	24.79 ▲ 2.25 (9.98%)
Shadman Cotton / Aug 7 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	59 ▲ 4.34 (7.94%)
Dawood Equities / Aug 7 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	23.76 ▲ 1.59 (7.17%)
Shakarganj / Aug 7 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	111 ▲ 7.05 (6.78%)
Equity Modaraba / Aug 7 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	11.80 ▲ 0.7 (6.31%)
ARM Green Industries / Aug 7 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.95 ▲ 3.8 (6.21%)

Stock	Price
J.A.Textile / Aug 7 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	51.07 ▼ -5.67 (-9.99%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Aug 7 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	451 ▼ -48.82 (-9.77%)
Husein Industries / Aug 7 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	57.17 ▼ -5.04 (-8.1%)
JS Investments / Aug 7 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	43 ▼ -2.98 (-6.48%)
Mitchells Fruit / Aug 7 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	166 ▼ -10.99 (-6.21%)
LSE SPAC-II / Aug 7 LSE SPAC-II Limited(SPAC2)	14 ▼ -0.82 (-5.53%)
Noon Sugar / Aug 7 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	85 ▼ -3.85 (-4.33%)
TPL Insurance / Aug 7 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	62 ▼ -2.78 (-4.29%)
Shams Textile / Aug 7 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	54.99 ▼ -1.82 (-3.2%)
Bolan Casting / Aug 7 Bolan Castings Limited(BCL)	70.50 ▼ -2.11 (-2.91%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Aug 7 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	11,253,971 ▲ 0.2
B.O.Punjab / Aug 7 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	4,650,643 ▼ -0.07
Nishat Power / Aug 7 Nishat Power Limited(NPL)	4,090,495 ▲ 0.01
Nishat ChunPow / Aug 7 Nishat Chunian Power Limited(NCPL)	3,999,455 ▲ 0.76
Maple Leaf Cement / Aug 7 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	2,565,549 ▼ -1.19
Unity Foods Ltd / Aug 7 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	2,211,555 ▼ -0.17
Pak Elektron / Aug 7 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	1,728,695 ▲ 0.05
Pak Refinery / Aug 7 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	1,389,321 ▲ 0.32
The Organic Meat / Aug 7 The Organic Meat Company Limited(TOMCL)	1,275,881 ▲ 0.1
K-Electric Ltd. / Aug 7 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	774,619 ▼ -0.03

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