Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, Chairman Baig Group has been appointed as Chairman Pakistan Textile City Limited at the Board of Directors meeting held on Friday. Baig Group is a multinational conglomerate operating in Pakistan, UAE, Morocco, Turkey and US in diversified commercial and industrial activities including textile, spinning and denim fabric manufacturing and exports and recipient of FPCCI Special Merit Trophy Award on highest export of denim fabric for the last fourteen consecutive years.
Dr Baig is also the Hon Consul General of Yemen and Dean of Hon Consular Corps Sindh and has international exposure of attracting foreign investment in Pakistan. Dr Baig was appointed on the Board of Pakistan Textile City in September 2008 as Director by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Pakistan Textile City Project is a Public-Private Joint Venture company to develop and operate world class value-added Textile Industrial zones across the country with an authorised capital of Rs 2.2 billion. Dr Baig thanked Federal Minister Textile Industry Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Secretary Textile Industry Shahid Rashid and the Board of Directors of Pakistan Textile City for reposing confidence in him.-PR