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Related Keywords: cotton fibre testing laboratories, cotton sector stakeholders, enhance capacity building, in Sindh and Punjab stations, lull interest, officials of Pakistan Cotton Standard Institute, Pakistan Textile Ministry, testing units have either fallen to dull interest, Textile Ministry, workability of laboratories

The Pakistan Textile Ministry has been urged to enhance the capacity building of cotton fibre testing laboratories in Sindh and Punjab stations by the cotton sector stakeholders as these testing units have either fallen to the dull interest of the officials of Pakistan Cotton Standard Institute or Textile Ministry's unmoved stance for the last many months showing lull interest towards the workability of these laboratories.

Around 5 established modern and start-of-the-art cotton fiber testing laboratories were set up around 2007-2009.

Related Keywords: called meeting of stakeholder, consultation on textile policy, drafted policy, encouraging investment, Pakistan Textile Ministry, product diversification, tax-free import of machinery, Textile parks, trainings and improved factory floor management, value-addition, various issues relating to energy

The Textile Ministry of Pakistan has called stakeholder for another meeting on Monday in order to have consultation with them on the textile policy. Ministry would be presenting the main points of their drafted policy to the members and members would have a chance to present their point of view on any given matter.

According to APTMA officials, the stakeholders are expected to discuss various issues relating to energy, product diversification, encouraging investment, trainings and improved factory floor management.

Related Keywords: Agriculture Advisory Committee, buy one million cotton bales, cotton farmers, cotton purchase, Economic Coordination Committee, Pakistan Textile Ministry, Sindh and Punjab, support cotton price, Trading Corporation of Pakistan

The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has not been in the business of cotton purchase since 2005-06, but this year after a decision taken by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) the corporation revived its centres in Sindh and Punjab for the procurement drive.

The TCP will start buying one million bales of cotton from farmers in the first week of November and achieve the goal in one and a half month.

Related Keywords: Pakistan Textile Ministry, Textile, textile export, Textile Industry, value addition

The Pakistan textile ministry to attract investments into the industry is working on a special package to convert basic textile into value addition. Also every effort are being put in to declare the upcoming fiscal year 2014-15 as the year of textile industry in Pakistan as they stand firm on increasing textile exports by twofold to $ 26 billion by 2018.

Related Keywords: Cotton growers, Pakistan Textile Ministry

The Pakistan ministry of textile industry working out plan to get complete advantage of the Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP) Plus granted by EU. As a first step they have decided to begin training programme for the cotton growers using electronic media (Radio).

Farmers living in far-flung and remote areas of the country will be introduced to modern technologies for cultivations and crop management through this training programme, said Ministry of Textile Industry Cotton Commissioner Khalid Abdullah.

Related Keywords: Pakistan Textile Ministry, Textile Industry

Pakistan government likely to restore Ministry of Textile industry in coming days, to take full advantage of GSP plus status also as the textile industry circles had been agitating against the merger of textile ministry with the commerce ministry, saying that both India and Bangladesh had also merged their textile ministries with commerce ministry but they too ultimately restored its status.