ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has invited Primark, an international fashion retailer, to open office in Pakistan. A delegation of Primark visited the APTMA Lahore office on Thursday. The delegation consisted of Mr. Mathew Rhodes, Head of Sourcing and Mr. John Steven, Director Supply Chain. Patron-in-Chief APTMA MrGoharEjaz, Chairman APTMA North Zone Mr Hamid Zaman? Senior Vice Chairman Mr Kamran Arshad, former Chairman Mr. AamirFayyaz, former Chairman Mr. Adil Bashir and Mr. Habib Anwar welcomed the delegation on the occasion. The visiting delegation head maintained that Pakistan has huge potential to export all sorts of textile products because of the diversification of exports. MrGoharEjaz said that Pakistan’s textile industry is on an upward trajectory with the addition of $500 million per month through incremental capacity. This has been enabled through TERF and its support of 100 new projects. However, even the current capacity is not fully utilized due to energy supply and quality constraints for the last 6 months, costing Pakistan approximately $300 in lost production/exports million per month. Online
