The Senate on Wednesday passed Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design Bill 2010, for reconstitution of the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design (PIFD), Lahore. The government's bill after clause by clause reading was placed before the House by Chairman Senate Farooq H Naek and was passed.
The objective of the bill is to establish a federal high quality national degree awarding institute of fashion and design (Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design). In its statement of objects and reasons, the bill stated that there are many professional institutes in Pakistan in other disciplines such as medicines, engineering, agriculture, management studies, education and information technologies, but Pakistan has a dearth of reputable and recognised fashion training institutes.
The degree-awarding institute will fill the need of market in terms of fashion education. The main campus of the institute will be in Lahore with campuses planned in Karachi and Islamabad. The proposed institute will offer an advanced curriculum in accordance with the needs of Pakistan's and world's textile and fashion sector. Since textile is one of the largest sectors of Pakistan's economy, the institute will fulfil present market demand of trained fashion designers and merchandiser in domestic and international markets.
The Bill further stated that PIFD will also help the textile export sector in its efforts for branding and producing high quality fashion apparel. The unique federal and diverse character of the PIFD will provide quality human resource to the textile sector of the country.