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APTMA urged to pay sales tax re-

funds; IGATEX is back to Karachi;

DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR
Editor-in-Chief
Yousaf Fareed concluded stronger than ever

Editor Demands, including immediate resulting in positive impact on the
Hassan Saeed payments of sales tax refunds and economy of Pakistan.
drawbacks to exporters were on the
Sub-Editor table of discussion during the Chairman APTMA, Aamir Fayyaz
Saba Noor meeting of leading textile encouraged the Chinese textile
Farooq Malik associations of Pakistan. The sector to invest in Pakistan and
meeting was held at APTMA house initiate joint ventures that can boost
Advisory Board: Lahore where the joint communique the textile industry at both ends. He
Dr. Tanveer Hussain demanded reimbursement of duty said that this can be done by
drawback amount under the Prime
relocation the Chinese textile
Dr. Muhammad Tausif Minister’s “Export led Growth facilities to Pakistan and by providing
package.” Among other demands better productive opportunities to the
Marketing Manager was the withdrawal of FBR investors in Pakistan. The matter was
Mohammad Ahmed instructions to roll back RPOs, highlighted while addressing the
Mohammad Khan enabling immediate payment of delegation of the textile companies
Abdul Haseeb outstanding sales tax refunds from Tianjin, China at the APTMA
against RPOs already issued. house Punjab.
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Faizan Khan Speaking on the occasion, DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR once
Chairman APTMA Aamir Fayyaz again confirmed its leading position
Circulation Incharge urged the Prime Minister and in Asia-Pacific. A number of leading
Finance Minister to immediately pay
domestic and international brands
Abdul Mughees sales tax refunds and drawbacks to showcased their achievements on
Mohammad Bilal Khan the exporters. While addressing the the floor. The event was held in
attendees and medial, the March 21-23, 2017 at the Shanghai
Adddress leadership from other associations New Exhibition Centre. Where about
C-302, City Towers stressed the federal government to 1,364 exhibitors from 40 different
Main Boulevard, Gulberg II give priority to the exporting industry countries, among which 313 were
Lahore-Pakistan in order to reduce trade imbalance international, exhibited both
and create jobs and export surplus. traditional and innovative flooring
Phone: + 92 42 35 788 700 products in an extended gross area
Fax: + 92 42 35 788 700 FAKT Exhibitions (Pvt) Ltd. brings the of 145,000sqm spread throughout
pioneer event “IGATEX Pakistan 13 halls.
2017- The 10th International
Email: info@textalks.com Garment, Textile Machinery & While on the other hand GTex Expo
Skype: textalks Accessories Exhibition & had a marvelous success at Karachi
Conference” to Karachi. The 4 day and Lahore exhibitions. While the
www.textalks.com event is one of its kind is organized exhibition at Faisalabad also brought
at Karachi Expo Centre from 26th to a number of attractive opportunities
29th April 2017. The event will be from the industry. The showcased
showcasing the latest technology, categories included top International
machinery and auxiliary equipment Brands from Textile, Garment,
that are expected to provide new Leather, Digital Printing, Embroidery
business opportunities as well as Machinery, Accessories, Chemical,
value addition to textile sector Dyes, and Energy.