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Related Keywords: agreed long term policy, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association, announce and lay down, Federal textile board, implementation mechanism, long-term policy, meeting with all textile industry stakeholders, Pakistan prime ministe, restoration of international competitiveness, revival and growth of textile industry

The Pakistan prime minister in his meeting with all the textile industry stakeholders in September had very wisely desired the textile ministry and the textile industry to come up with a long-term policy for the revival and growth of the textile industry. All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has urged the government to announce and lay down the implementation mechanism for the agreed long-term policy.

Related Keywords: achieve approximately thirteen million bales of cotton, coming season, cotton production, drain their fields properly, Federal textile board, help recover cotton losses, large number of farmers trained, Pakistan, Pink bollworm largely been controlled, suggestions for improvements in policies

Pakistan likely to achieve approximately 13 million bales of cotton production in the coming season that will help recover its cotton losses from last year. This was informed at the fourth meeting of Federal Textile Board (FTB) chaired by Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan held on Monday.

The stakeholders were informed by Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) and Cotton Commissioner that through close coordination between federal government and government of Punjab the Pink bollworm, which had damaged the cotton crop last year, had largely been controlled.

Related Keywords: empower textile division, Federal textile board, introduce new legislation, laws and ordinances, monitor Textile Policy, multiple overlapping, Pakistan Ministry of Textile industry, strengthen structure of textile industries, textile value chain industry

The Pakistan Ministry of Textile Industry to introduce new legislation to undo multiple overlapping laws and ordinances. The final draft of the proposed Act is prepared in consultation with industry stakeholders would be discussion in the upcoming textile policy board meeting after submission to the Law Division for vetting soon. The new legislation aims at implementing the textile policy, strengthening the structure of textile industries and to maintain complete data on production of these units.

Related Keywords: Abbas Khan Afridi, Economic Coordination Committee, Federal textile board, GSP Plus scheme, MINTEX, multi-pronged strategy, Pakistan Central Cotton Committee, Pakistan textile policy, textile business community, textile cess, textile exports

The Secretary Ministry of Textile Industry (MINTEX) at the first meeting of Federal Textile Board held on Monday after its reconstitution in July 2014 chairing by Minister for Textile Industry Abbas Khan Afridi announced that the Pakistan’s textile policy would be presented in the next Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet meeting also restructuring of Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) was also on cards.