APTMA assails FY25 budget ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has voiced severe concerns regarding the FY25 budget... Published 14 Jun, 2024 06:31am
Business & Finance Proposed amendments in FTR & NTR rejected by textile sector FAISALABAD: Value added textile sector has out rightly rejected the proposed amendments in Final Tax Regime (FTR) ... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance Import of cotton: APTMA opposes govt’s plan to impose duties ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has strongly opposed government’s intention to impose... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Opinion Strategy for sustainable growth: Energy-efficient textile industry Since 2000, there has been a significant outburst in the global energy consumption, paralleled by Pakistan’s rising... Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am
Markets Weekly Review: Cotton production surges 71pc to 8.4m bales KARACHI: Cotton production has surged by 71%, reaching a total of 8.4 million bales; however, ginners have left with... Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am
Markets Month-on-month: cotton arrival in Pakistan stagnates in March However, on yearly basis, cotton arrival surges 71% Updated 04 Apr, 2024 03:41pm
BR Research Rising textile NPLs: who is on the hook? Not all commercial banks are created equals. And some are certainly better capitalized than others. As the economy... Published 04 Apr, 2024 06:10am
Print PM seeks plan to boost exports ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the MoC to prepare an action plan to double domestic exports... Updated 03 Apr, 2024 08:51am
Markets Pakistan’s textile exports up 3% YoY in March, clock in at $1.3bn In 9MFY24, overall textile exports down marginal 0.3%, stand at $12.44bn Updated 02 Apr, 2024 11:49pm
BR Research An interview with Musadaq Zulqarnain, chairman Interloop Limited ‘Pakistan set to lose export market share to India unless we get our act together’ Musadaq Zulqarnain is among the... Updated 25 Mar, 2024 03:27pm
BR Research Shahtaj Textile Limited Shahtaj Textile Limited (PSX: STJT) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1990. The company is... Published 22 Mar, 2024 08:45am
Markets Gul Ahmed says will install a 17.1MW rooftop solar plant Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited (GATM), one of the country’s largest textile mills, announced that it will install a... Updated 21 Mar, 2024 09:56pm
BR Research LSM: Still in red, just The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) Index, on a cumulative basis, stayed negative for the 19th straight month, as... Published 18 Mar, 2024 08:17am
Opinion The real economic performance of interim govt As the new government takes the reins, we are well placed to examine the efforts and output of the interim ... Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am
Business & Finance Jul-Feb textile group exports down 0.65pc to $11.145bn YoY ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports declined by around 0.65percent during the first eight months... Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am
Markets Nishat Mills’ profit falls 30% in 1HFY24 as rising costs bite Nishat Mills Limited (NML), the flagship company of Nishat Group, saw its profit-after-tax plunge by 30%, clocking... Published 28 Feb, 2024 01:43pm
Opinion Pakistan’s textile industry embraces ESG practices: Sustainability that lasts Introduction In a transformative shift, Pakistan’s textile industry is setting new standards for sustainability as... Updated 26 Feb, 2024 12:30pm
Print July-January FY24: Trade deficit shrinks 32.7pc to $13.16bn YoY Pakistan Bureau of Statistics says exports increased by 7.87 percent to $17.778 billion Updated 21 Feb, 2024 01:04pm
Print FBR collects Rs5.15trn from July to mid-Feb: MoF ISLAMABAD: The major contributors to income tax collection during July-January (2023-24) were banks, petroleum... Updated 21 Feb, 2024 09:30am
Markets Textile giant Interloop’s profit surges 115% to Rs10bn in 1HFY24 Interloop Limited (ILP), one of Pakistan’s largest textile exporters, saw its profit jump by 115% to Rs9.86 billion... Updated 20 Feb, 2024 06:20pm
Markets Cotton arrival in Pakistan improves slightly: PCGA Cotton arrival in Pakistan registered a slight increase of 0.3% on February 15 compared to January 31, as per the... Published 19 Feb, 2024 01:31pm
Markets Gas price hike ‘decisive’ blow to textile sector: KPTMA PESHAWAR; The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textile Mills Association (KPTMA) has said that the recent decision by the... Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am
Markets Captive power plants: MCCI warns of hike in gas prices LAHORE: In a recent meeting with print and electronic media representatives, Mian Rashid Iqbal, President of the... Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am
Print Textile exporters blame govt for ‘economic disaster’ KARACHI: The interim rule has again drawn severe criticism for “intruding” into the economic matters that left the... Updated 15 Feb, 2024 08:42am
BR Research Record rice leads exports December 2023 goods’ exports surged to $2.8 billion – breaking the string of low export earnings – recording the... Published 25 Jan, 2024 08:57am
Markets Cotton, textile sector: US diplomat, APTMA discuss collaboration LAHORE: In a recent meeting, Kristin K Hawkins, the United States Consul General in Lahore, engaged in discussions... Published 25 Jan, 2024 04:23am
Opinion Challenges facing the textile sector Amidst the global economic slowdown triggered by the war in Ukraine and the increase in energy expenses, Pakistan’s... Updated 30 Dec, 2023 06:48am
Opinion Fall in industrial production The statistics on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics... Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am
Business & Finance SHC suspends gas tariff hike notification for textile industry KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday suspended the gas tariff hike notification for the textile industry. The... Updated 22 Dec, 2023 09:48am
Markets Weekly Cotton Review: Prices largely stable amid low trade KARACHI: Though overall cotton prices remained stable, but due to decrease in purchases, they have also started to... Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am