SHERRY REHMAN
  • Home
  • In the News
  • SR Writes
  • Events
  • VP PPP
  • Legislation
    • Legislation Moved
    • Legislation Passed
July 1, 2015

Pay attention to the textile industry complaints: Sherry Rehman

Pay attention to the textile industry complaints: Sherry Rehman
July 1, 2015

Pay attention to the textile industry complaints: Sherry Rehman

 

ISLAMABAD, June 30, 2015: “The announcement of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association to close down the textile industry is a stark reminder of the federal government’s failure to revive the economy and protect its most valuable sector in any significant way,” Senator Sherry Rehman said on Monday.

 

“Talk among industry captains suggests that the federal government wants mill-owners, and downstream industries to switch to the new, much more expensive LNG that was brought to Pakistan minus transparency. The government’s need to pay a minimum user-charge to this terminal may be the reason the gas squeeze is on industry, said Rehman.

 

Rehman’s statement follows one by the APTMA Chairman SM Tanveer, who said that the cost of doing business in Pakistan, exacerbated by poor taxation mechanisms, energy issues, and system inefficiencies, had rendered the textile industry of the country “unviable”.

 

“The government’s failure to address the energy crisis has left both households as well as industries distressed in ways Pakistan has never seen before,” added Senator Rehman.

 

“The textile sector accounts for 40 per cent of the labour force – imagine the impact on each household if the industry is shut down,” she said, adding that the entire responsibility of the resultant fallout would be on the federal government’s shoulders.

 

“The textile industry workers, already over-burdened in a time of limited job opportunities, constricted growth in the economy, and a regressive taxation mechanism, will not be able to sustain their livelihoods,” she added.

 

The Vice President of the PPPP said that due to its extensive value chain, the closure of the industry would have immense bearing not only on workers directly involved, but also on industries associated indirectly with it.

 

“I urge the federal government to pay attention to the protests erupting from the textile industry in Sindh, KPK, and Punjab before it is too late and Pakistan sees more divisive public outcry which it can ill afford,” said Rehman.

 

“By the government’s own admission, as many as 10 million people are associated with the textile sector in Pakistan,” she added.

 

The government’s failure to address their concerns and to supply them gas, and instead placing additional burden on the industry, has hit the textile sector hard, which contributes to 52 per cent of the country’s total manufacturing. Coupled with additional surcharge from Nepra and other factors that are products of the government’s negligence and mismanagement, the textile industry may not be capable of staying operational.

 

Previous articleGovernment’s bizarre denial of loadshedding both cruel and dangerous: Sherry RehmanNext article Pakistan must take immediate notice of Indian shelling in Sialkot sector: Sherry Rehman

Recent Posts

“All human rights organizations must shift their attention towards Modi’s fascist government” Federal Minister Sherry Rehman.June 15, 2022
Ban on Import of Wild Cats and MammalsJune 15, 2022
Task Force on Climate Change presented SOPs for Forest FiresJune 15, 2022

Tags

Afghanistan asad umar bhutto bill budget change china climate climate change constitution cpec debt economy ecp gas hike human rights imf imran khan india inflation justice kashmir law Modi ordinance pakistan parliament peace PPP pti rehman Rupee senate Senator sherry sherry rehman sindh supplementary taxes trump UN US women zardari

Contact

office@sherryrehman.comsherryrehman.com

Recent Posts

“All human rights organizations must shift their attention towards Modi’s fascist government” Federal Minister Sherry Rehman.June 15, 2022
Ban on Import of Wild Cats and MammalsJune 15, 2022
Task Force on Climate Change presented SOPs for Forest FiresJune 15, 2022
sherryrehman.com | © 2021

Recent Posts

“All human rights organizations must shift their attention towards Modi’s fascist government” Federal Minister Sherry Rehman.June 15, 2022
Ban on Import of Wild Cats and MammalsJune 15, 2022
Task Force on Climate Change presented SOPs for Forest FiresJune 15, 2022

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org