Khawaja Muhammad Younus, Chairman of All Pakistan Bedsheets & Upholstery Manufacturers Association (APBUMA) has expressed solidarity with the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) and announced to join hands with it in launching a protest against the unfair suspension of gas and long duration of power loadshedding.

In a press statement issued here on Wednesday, he said unscheduled suspension of gas to textile sector was not acceptable and "we will be resisted at all levels." He said textile sector was the lifeline of millions of people who could not be left to starve by the unmindful actions like halting gas to the sector. He further said "we are in consultation with the other esteemed trade bodies like APTMA to workout an effective strategy to counter such heinous initiatives against industry and poor workers of textile sector.

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