Pakistan is a resilient, peaceful, and determined nation. We are immensely proud of our valiant armed forces who have stood as a rock in the face of every challenge. Their unwavering resolve and supreme sacrifices along with the unshakable support of the entire nation have

Thank you, President Trump, for your timely intervention to save innocent lives, promote greater trade with both nations, and, above all, your commitment to help address the root cause of tensions — Kashmir. Donald J. Trump

Congratulations to Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on his historic and well-deserved elevation. A proud moment for the nation, recognizing his unwavering leadership and service to Pakistan. His commitment to national security and stability is commendable. Let’s take our economy to

Do we really want Export Led Growth? Prime Minister's Office Jam Kamal Khan Ahsan Iqbal Ministry of Commerce (MOC) Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) Pakistan Textile Council

Total Value-Added Textile Exports (Jul–Apr) – 10 months FY 2023–24: USD 10.20 billion FY 2024–25: USD 11.62 billion Growth: +14.01% These figures include exports of Readymade Garments, Knitwear, Bedwear, Towels, and Made-ups. Encouragingly, value-added textile exports are on

Pakistan’s formal negotiations on US Reciprocal tariffs kick-started between Mr. Muhammad Aurangzeb, Pakistan’s Finance Minister and Ambassador Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative through a telephonic/conference call on 30th May, 2025. 1/n

Both sides exchanged their viewpoint through a constructive engagement with the understanding that technical level detailed discussions would follow in the coming weeks. Both sides expressed confidence in advancing the negotiations for successful conclusion at the earliest. 2/2

I've said it from day one: the $60B export target was never realistic in the face of entrenched anti-export bias. No serious facilitation, both for textile & non-textile sectors, policy inconsistency, and punitive cost structures make such ambitions hollow. Glad this reality is

Exclusive: Pakistan-US Trade Talks - Pakistan-U.S. trade talks in Washington advance economic cooperation - Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb meets U.S. Secretary Commerce and USTR to strengthen trade ties - Pakistan and U.S. upbeat on positive outcomes of the ongoing trade

Business Development, Job Creation and Business Led Growth Very Conservative Decision by SBP to Maintain Policy Rates at 11%. With policy rates at 11%—nearly double the regional average—how can Pakistan realistically pursue business development, job creation, and export-led

🇵🇰🤝🇺🇸 U.S. tariff reduction is a welcome development for Pakistan’s textile exporters. Govt must capitalise on this opportunity by making the sector competitive, through reforms in taxation, energy tariffs, improved refund mechanisms (including non-refunded levies), and access

Yousuf Nazar In my view first of all we must decide do we need export led growth in reality? Lowering of electricity price for Industry is rather simple: 1: Don’t cross subsidise lifeline consumers - burden of that subsidy may be shifted to BISP and gradually transferred to Provinces? 2: End

Why should FESCO consumers, among the most honest and timely paymasters, be penalised for the inefficiency and poor recovery performance of other DISCOs? The current uniform tariff policy is fundamentally unjust, as it places an undue burden on high-performing regions while

Prime Minister's Office Shehbaz Sharif Ishaq Dar Ahsan Iqbal Awais Leghari Jam Kamal Khan Ali Pervaiz Malik SIFC | Special Investment Facilitation Council🇵🇰 Petroleum Division, Ministry of Energy Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan Maryam Nawaz Sharif How in the world can gas rate be increased 10 years retrospectively? No hope for exports or industry in Pakistan. No calculation given

Grateful to Ministry of Commerce & Finance Division for releasing PKR 2.3B DDT refund as Q1 tranche to eligible textile exporters . Special thanks to Commerce & SBP for efficient processing, easing exporters’ liquidity. We hope remaining refunds are cleared soon & other

Najam Ali Thanks for your words of wisdom Najam. Let me share some facts with you. 1. Textiles is the highest taxed sector in Pakistan with effective tax rates ranging from 50-200 percent. In fact companies in the stock exchange are enjoying lower rates at our cost

Najam Ali Textile sector is on its own without any subsidies and discounts since last 4 years , remarkable increase in exports now , without the subsidy Injection. What you should be asking is what about other sectors ? Why are they underperforming ?

Finance Minister, Textile Industry Delegation Deliberate on Challenges and Opportunities for Export Growth Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, held a meeting today with a delegation of the country’s leading textile and garments producers and

Mukarram Jah Ansari Khurram Schehzad Khurram Mukhtar Musadaq Zulqarnain Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) Operating environment in Pak is very complicated. FM listened to the issues very patiently, hopefully the dialogue continues going forward for a positive outcome.