Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has rejected the merger of Textile Division into the Commerce Division and demanded of immediate appointment of a new textile minister.
PRGMEA Central Chairman, Ijaz Khokhar, has said major decisions regarding textile policy implementation, Export Development Fund and budget preparation exercise for 2015-16 are pending in the absence of a textile minister. He said the prevalent uncertainty is impacting negatively to the textile industry.
He said the textile industry has become important after the GSP plus status by the EU, as 80 percent items with free market access under the scheme are from this sector. All the regional competitors have separate ministries of textile, he added.
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