Federal Minister for Textile Industry Rana Farooq Saeed Khan on Thursday said that Textile is a major source of increasing the country's exports and that is why Pakistan has world standing in this sector. He expressed these views while talking to a delegation of farmers who met here at his office.
Rana Farooq said that this sector is providing livelihood to more than 10 million farming families while it provides 40 percent of the industrial employment. Expressing his views regarding cotton, he said that it is the great honour for us because Pakistan is fourth largest producer and 3rd largest user of cotton.
He told the delegation that due to energy crisis and other problems like quota system, textile sector has been effected adversely. However, he said, the government of PPP was giving extra ordinary concentration on boosting the textile sector. The government is taking immediate measures to overcome energy crisis which is effecting every sector of our economy, he added.
The farmers apprised that Minister about different problems faced by them. Rana Farooq assured them that agriculture is top priority of the government. The government will provide all possible facilities to the farmers, he added. The Minister further said that all problems regarding cotton production, will be addressed through enforcement of the standards laid down in the Cotton Control Act and Cotton Standardisation Ordinance.
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