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Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park

project to promote textile sector

Punjab Minister for Industries & Trade, Mian Aslam Iqbal has said that the Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park is very
important for the promotion of textile sector and enhancing exports.

He stated this while presiding over a meeting at Civil Secretariat during which pace of work on the
Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park Project and business model were reviewed. Chairman Punjab Industrial Estate
Development and Management Company, officers of Industry department and PIEDMC attended the meeting.

While addressing the meeting, Mian Aslam Iqbal said that economic and trade activities will also increase by
implementing this project. He said this project will be completed in four phases and it will be completed as
early as possible. He said that this project is already very late, now further delay will not be tolerated.

Senate committee for bringing

back Cotton Research Centre

under Textile Ministry

Senate Standing Committee on Commerce and still producing raw cotton in bulk which does not
Textile Industry in its meeting has recommended to have high quality.
bring Pakistan Cotton Research Centre back under
the control of Textile Industry Division from Ministry Pakistan is at 5th place in cotton production in the
of National food Security & Research since the world but it has failed to benefit from it production
Textile Industry division is a more relevant ministry to as much as much smaller countries are benefitting.
oversee cotton research. The meeting was held The Committee directed the ministry to conduct a
under the Chairmanship of Senator Mirza Muham- tracers study of Bangladeshi and Vietnamese textile
mad Afridi at the Parliament House and was production and export policy and submit to the
attended among others by Senators Nauman Wazir committee.
Khattak, Ghous Muhammad Khan Niazi, Syed Shibli
Faraz, Atta ur Rehman, Dilawar Khan, Ahmed Khan, The Committee also asked the ministry to share the
Secretary Commerce Mohammad Younus Dagha, draft of new textile policy with the Committee once it
Secretary Textile Industry Syed Iftikhar Babar, is made so that meaningful inputs can be given.
Chairman Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) The Committee also held a detailed discussion on
Mujeeb Ahmed Khan, Rector National Textile the performance of IPO.
University Dr. Tanveer and officials from the ministry.
The need to ease the process of registration of
The Committee meeting held thorough discussion patent, trademark, copyright was also discussed
on the current performance of textile sector. The while at the same time having effective mechanism
Committee was told that the world has now moved to deal with people involved in using or copying
from raw cotton to synthetic cotton but Pakistan is fake Names.

February/March 2019