Index News & Views

• US $500 million worth of  orders at Heimtextil

• Pakistan challenges WTO rules

• WTO urges Pakistan to diversify exports away from textiles

• Incentives suggested for textile export units on Indian TUFS pattern

• SBP introduces financing facility to boost exports

• Funds for four textile projects withheld

• APTMA criticizes foreign shipping lines surcharge

• Apparel industry seeks Government support to avert present crisis

• US recession hits Pakistan textile and clothing industry

• Garment exporters for widening of R&D scope

• Government urged to link R&D with cotton sale

• Decline in export of textile and clothing items

• GDP to drop by 11% if textile mills close

• Berger's Report on Pakistan’s textile industry

• Cotton crop estimate slashed to 11.6 million bales

• Pakistan to attend US textile fair

• Ban on raw cotton export urged

• Funds for four textile projects withheld

• Incentives suggested for textile industry on Indian TUFS pattern

• Pakistan to export cotton to India after 16 years' gap

• Govt to introduce genetically modified cottonseed in 2009

• Government to ensure availability of pesticides for the 2008-09 cotton crops

• Modern cotton processing & Ginning

• Textile exporters demand inquiry into 'mismanagement'