He said that the national economy is directly linked with survival of value added textile sector and its active participation in policy making is must to harvest the economic benefits of CPEC and newly emerging opportunities. He said that value added textile sector is earning maximum foreign exchange for the country in addition to providing job to 8.5 million youth. Continuing, he said that our regional rival countries are heavily subsidizing their value added textile sector whereas in Pakistan this sector is badly ignored.
Mian Naeem Ahmad urged the government to take immediate measures for the clearance of pending refund claims on top priority basis. "Similarly government must take onboard the value added textile sector during the formulation of textile related polices", he said and added that it is a must to revive this sector on solid and sustainable grounds. Outgoing zonal chairman Amjad Khawaja explained in detail the steps taken during his tenure for the revival of textile sector.
Earlier during the AGM Mian Naeeem Ahmad of Paragon Fashions Faisalabad was elected as zonal chairman of PHMA. Similarly Shahid Rafi of Rafi Soni Garments Industry Lahore and Muhammad Rafi Soni of Soni Trading Corporation Sialkot were elected senior vice chairman and vice chairman respectively. Meanwhile Farukh Iqbal and Amir Hafeez Bhatti were also elected members of the Central Executive of the PHMA. The meeting was also attended by senior members of the association including Haji Muhammad Shafi, Usman Rauf, Shaheen Tabasum, Javed Aslam, Qammar Aftab, Shahid Ahmed Sheikh, Mian Muhammad Saleem, Rana Mushtaq Ahmed and others.
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