Chief Coordinator Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Ijaz A. Khokhar has urged upon the government to take effective steps for making the value-added textile industry competitive and vibrant in International market.
We understand that government should focus special attention on establishing sector-wise Central, Provincial and regional level task force as a result of which the government will be able know ground realities of each industry he said.
Talking to reporters last night he said that setting up of sector wise, central, Provincial and regional level task forces would help the government in formulating the future polices for bringing visible change in export sector of the country. PRGMEA he said also suggested that government should focus attention on exploring non-conventional international markets for bring big boost in export volume of the country.
The PRGMEA Chief Coordinator further stated that value-added garments sector of the textile industry was showing considerable growth despite the internal and external challenges. The value-added garments sector is major tax payer, largest employment generator in whole textile chain and exporting up to US 6 billion products while the sector has a huge scope of expansion he added. Ijaz said that special attention should also be focused on encouraging the young male and female entrepreneurship and enabling the play their instrumental role in strengthening national exchequer.
The PRGMEA Chief Coordinator said that Sialkot is hub of SMEs and we are looking for the reduction in cost of doing business especially in utility bills adding that SMEs are 97 percent of the total business of the country. Indeed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a mega project which had opened not only fundamentals of industrial cooperation between the two friendly counties but also had paved the way for new vistas of economic stability, industrial growth and development in Pakistan he said. The Coordinator suggested that government should constitute a special committee on CPEC with the concerned associations for taking care of the domestic industry and investors enabling it to reap the benefits of this mega project. On this occasion he urged upon the Chinese government to take effective steps for simplifying the visa process particularly for the business community of Pakistan adding that Chinese Embassy in Pakistan should grant multiple visa to Pakistani businessmen for exploring business in China.