PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT RELAUNCHES TEXTILE BOARD AS IT PROMISES TO END POWER CUTS FOR SECTOR
November 1st, 2014
A sustained campaign by an influential textile lobby has persuaded the Pakistan government to revive a federal Textile Board advisory panel after it has lain dormant for eight years. The board has been charged with focusing on the key challenges now facing the industry.The government has also announced it will try to exempt all Pakistan industries from scheduled power outages made to deal with electricity shortages, to increase production and generate jobs. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took this decision primarily at the request of the textile industry, which had ...
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