The textile industry is the largest manufacturing industry in Pakistan and nearly 25 million people work in this industry.[1][2] Pakistan is the eighth largest exporter of textile commodities in Asia. Textile sector contributes 8.5% to the GDP of Pakistan.[3]
In addition, the sector employs about 45% of the total labor force in the country (and 38% of the manufacturing workers). Pakistan is the fourth largest producer of cotton with the third largest spinning capacity in Asia after China and India and contributes 5% to the global spinning capacity.[4] At present, there are 1,221 ginning units, 442 spinning units, 124 large spinning units and 425 small units which produce textile.[2]
The Government of Pakistan has established a ministry division, Ministry of Textile Industry division, to administer the textile industry. In the textile industry alone, it is estimated that around 700,000 individuals have lost their jobs due to the super floods last year and the ongoing energy and foreign exchange crisis this year.[5]
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- ^ a b "Statistics on textile industry in Pakistan". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Factsheet Pakistan: Facts on Pakistan's Garment Industry (2014)" (PDF).
- ^ "Textile Industry of Pakistan". 25 May 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ Mohiuddin Aazim, Dawn com (29 January 2023). "Opinion: A high unemployment rate may pose a threat to the stability of Pakistan". Scroll.in. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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