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Related Keywords: Ashura holidays, buying cotton, cotton prices, mills and spinners, Pakistan cotton market, procurement price, stability in rates, TCP, trading activity

Pakistan cotton market witnessed good business with mills and spinners continued buying on expectations of increase in prices in times to come, on Friday. According to Market sources, no major change in the prices seen after the TCP's announcement of procurement price at Rs 6864 per maund to bring stability in the rates

Related Keywords: Abbas Khan Afridi, cotton farmers, cotton yarn imports, ECC, Minister for textile and industry, Pakistan cotton industry, TCP, textile package

The Pakistan government has announced Rs 3,000 per 40 kilograms support price of cotton. This was informed by Minister for Textile and Industry Abbas Khan Afridi on Wednesday at the National Assembly.

Also, Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has been directed to purchase the cotton from the farmers. The Minister said that the government was committed to protect the interest of the farmers and TCP had started to purchase cotton from the farmers.