LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) group leader GoharEjaz has said that timely implementation of the long-term textile policywould not only bring new investments in the country but would also enablethe industry achieve the target of $30 billion exports in the next fiveyears.
He was addressing the 64th Annual General Meeting of APTMA-Northern Zone(Punjab) on Wednesday.
Ejaz said ad-hoc policies would not prove beneficial for the country’sexports and that “time has come to implement the long-term textile policyin letter and spirit”.
According to him, Pakistan has an export potential of $50 billion providedthe local industry is facilitated with regionally competitive energytariffs and business-friendly environment.
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The group leader congratulated the new leadership of [central] APTMA,including Adil Bashir (chairman), Zahid Mazhar (senior vice chairman) andHamid Zaman (vice chairman). He also appreciated the outgoing management,both in centre and zones, for their dedication and hard work in resolvingtextile-related problems.
He said the textile industry has pinned high hopes on new APTMA centralchairman Adil Bashir, who was for the last two years serving the industryas APTMA-Punjab chairman.
