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GTex Global Expo in Lahore;

WWF-Pakistan & APTMAs joint

venture for water consumption;

Editor-in-Chief NTU & IBA signed MOU; Textile
Yousaf Fareed
Industry held responsible
Editor
Hassan Saeed for its bleak

Sub-Editor The GTex Global Expo-A three day collaborative partnership with
Saba Noor textile event was held in Expo center Institute of Business Administration,
Alexandros Ali Khan Lahore. Leaders from textile industry Karachi (IBA) after signing a MOU
Farooq Malik presented the latest technologies at for promoting entrepreneurship. The
the event. The event was memorandum was signed by Rector
Advisory Board: inaugurated by Amjad Ali Java NTU Professor Dr. Tanveer Hussain
and Professor Dr. Farrukh Iqbal,
(LCCI). Around 109 national and
Dr. Tanveer Hussain international companies form the Dean and Director IBA Karachi.
Dr. Muhammad Tausif textile industry exhibited their Many esteemed dignitaries from
products with around 417 brands Industry and Academia attended
Marketing Manager displaying their products at the MOU signing ceremony. According
Mohammad Ahmed event. About 73 international to the MOU, IBA will launch
Mohammad Khan delegates from 32 countries were “Certificate in Entrepreneurship”
Abdul Haseeb present at the three day event who program in collaboration with NTU in
visited the 370 stall on the event Faisalabad.
Layouts venue. The event witnessed
Faizan Khan thousands of visitors from textile The Ministry of Energy and Power
sector and showed great interest in Division inked a memorandum of
the exhibited products and the latest understanding (MoU) with Japan
Circulation Incharge technologies that were brought to International Cooperation Agency
Abdul Mughees the platform, from around the globe. (JICA) on energy conservation. The
government had established
Adddress The WWF-Pakistan & APTMA joint National Energy Efficiency and
C-302, City Towers venture for sustainable water Conservation Authority, which had
Main Boulevard, Gulberg II consumption was initiated in introduced energy labeling regime
Lahore-Pakistan Pakistan in August 2017. The World aiming at production of the most
Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan held efficient electrical home appliances,
Phone: + 92 42 35 788 700 a seminar at APTMA House where informed the minister of state for
Fax: + 92 42 35 788 700 the exporters placed an emphasis water and power.
on the need of suitable water
consumption in the textile sector in Textile Industry is held responsible
Email: info@textalks.com Pakistan. The event was part of the for the damage occurred to it in the
Skype: textalks International Labor and last few decades and in the current
Environmental Standards (ILES) condition of textile sector in Pakistan.
www.textalks.com Application in Pakistan’s SMEs By ignoring the innovation, the textile
project, funded by the European industry itself has led to the current
Union and being implemented by situation of declined exports said the
WWF-Pakistan in collaboration with Commerce Secretary Mohammad
the International Labor Organization Younas Dagha He gave these
(ILO). remarks after years of criticism
between the government and the
The National Textile University, industry about the continuous falling
Faisalabad (NTU) has entered into a exports of Pakistan.

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