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Inspiring Change Conference;
Textile Sector neglected in
Budget 2018-19; IGATEX 2018,
Editor-in-Chief
Yousaf Fareed ITM Turkey
Editor “Inspiring Change” conference Assembly to improve growth rate of
Hassan Saeed organized by TEXtalks magazine was textile. Pakistan’s share in global
the first of a series of conferences exports has fallen to 0.13 percent
Sub-Editor held on April 24-25, 2018 at Lahore hence; exports should have been a
Ezzah Aqeel (Pakistan) to provide an enabling primary focus of the budget. Proper
Alexandros Ali Khan environment to the local textile implementation of the budget and
industry. It brought together all incentives can be very beneficial but
Advisory Board: stakeholders to identify, recognize the resources are hardly utilized to
Dr. Tanveer Hussain and propose solutions to the their full potential.
Dr. Muhammad Tausif problems faced and exploit the
untapped potential of the local textile IGATEX exhibition was held on 26th –
Marketing Manager industry in line with the global trends. 29th of April at Expo Center, Lahore.
Saeed Ahmed The event included presentations, The event provided an opportunity for
Kainat Khan panel discussions and interactive exhibitors to display and demonstrate
dialogue. The conference proved to their latest technology and product
Layouts be more than just an intellectual innovation. Mr Ahmed Bakhsh Narejo,
Faizan Khan activity, it turned out to be a channel Mr. Gohar Ejaz, President ACIMIT (Mr
of information to decision makers and Alessandro Zucchi) were the chief
Marketing Incharge influencers to inform the future guests attending the event. In four
Abdul Mughees policies and direction. days exhibition latest machinery,
Abdullah Khalid technology, tools, chemicals and
Federal Secretary for Textile division, equipment were displayed. IGATEX
Adddress Govt of Pakistan (Mr Hassan Iqbal) provided a platform to build strong
C-302, City Towers was the Guest of Honor for the first relations within the textile industry.
Main Boulevard, Gulberg II day. On the second day, Federal More than 500 exhibitors from 32
Lahore-Pakistan Minister for Commerce and Textiles countries.
(Mr Mohammad Pervaiz Malik), the
Phone: + 92 42 35 788 700 Chief Guest of Inspiring Change ITM exhibition 2018 was held on
Fax: + 92 42 35 788 700 conference, addressed the 14-17 April in Istanbul, Turkey. From
conference and distributed souvenirs 64 countries more than 1150 textile
Email: info@textalks.com to august speakers. machinery manufacturers participated
Skype: textalks at this exhibition, displaying and
Textile sector voiced their discontent demonstrating their innovative
www.textalks.com with the textile budget 2018-19. products and technologies. Exhibition
Stakeholders are concerned about 2018 broke a record of approximately
export oriented sectors of textile as 59,000 visitors from 94 countries amid
the budget is not as per their all ITM exhibitions, raising the bar of
expectations. The budget should success. ITM 2018 provided a
have been prepared focusing on the productive platform enabling
scenario of the declining textile company representatives’ astounding
exports that are constantly falling. commercial opportunities making
Several amendments in the budget sales of millions of dollars from the
would be required by the National first day of the exhibition.
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