In an interview with Business Recorder on Tuesday he said that PRGMEA had already completed initial work for the establishment of the proposed council. Ijaz disclosed that a board will be constituted comprising members of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Textile ministry and stakeholders for finding out the ways and means for enhancing the export volume of garment sector.
He said that government should focus on formulation of aggressive trade polices for averting sharp decline in exports of the country adding that polices should be chalked out with active consultation of stakeholders as well as strong interaction with stakeholders direly needed for ascertaining their sliding exports.
The Chairman PRGMEA was of the opinion that unfriendly polices were hindering exports of the country and under the prevailing situation government should take drastic steps for the removal of unfriendly polices for bringing stability in exports.
He underscored the need of formulation of sector wise and regional wise policies with the consultation of stakeholders for bringing boom in export of the country adding that formulation of sector wise policies particularly regional based policies would not only help in increasing exports but also supportive in minimizing the problems confronted by the business community.
Ijaz urged upon the government that to prepare long and short term polices for edging out the possibilities of further decline in exports which is on down trend adding that special focus should be accorded on short term polices for overcoming the decline in exports.
Despite of certain hurdles the business community engaged with Readymade garments was making strenuous efforts for enhancing the export for the larger national interests he said. The Central Chairman disclosed that PRGMEA was making strenuous efforts for enhancing export of garment sector to US 8 Billion dollars by 2220 with the active cooperation of the business community.
Necessary arrangements are being finalized for setting up state of the art Pakistan Readymade Technical Training Institute costing over Rs 175 million in Sialkot. Suitable site for the proposed training institute had been selected and development work on the project will soon be undertaken he said.
Ijaz said the basic concept of setting the training institute was to produced trained workforce in the field of stitching, pattern designing, quality control, inspection, marketing and sewing machine mechanics male and females separately.
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