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Pakistan, the world’s fourth largest cotton producing country but interminable power and gas cuts have stopped exporters from producing their orders on time. Many have watched helplessly as their clients have instead turned to Vietnam or Bangladesh.
A third of the production capacity of the textile sector has disappeared, thousands of factories have closed, and most of the others are running below full capacity, said Rehan Bharara, a former loom owner who now runs a public infrastructure project for the textile industry.
