Khawaja Muhammad Younus, Chairman All Pakistan Bedsheets & Upholstery Manufacturers Association (APBUMA) said that textile sector is really disappointed with the government as all the pledges with the sector is more like rhetoric instead of solid measures to support and sustain it. He said, "With the declining exports volumes, the government is making mockery of textile sector in the name of PM Textile Package of Rs 180 billion earlier announced. But only Rs 2 billion were issued for the "Duty Drawback Claims" till May 2017 and in addition to this only Rs 4 billion had been allocated in the budget 2017-18 for PM package."

Syed Muhammad Asim Shah, ex-chairman APBUMA and former VP FPCCI said that textile industry whether corporate or medium scale are pushed to wall by the non serious attitude of the government and left with no other option but to register its protest to safeguard economy of our country and employment of millions of people associated with textile sector.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017