textile manufacturing

Textile sector faces crisis amid Sindh road protests: PHMA

Karachi, April 28, 2025 – The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PHMA) has issued a grave warning regarding the economic fallout caused by the prolonged closure of major highways across Sindh. In a strongly worded statement, PHMA highlighted that ongoing protests disrupting key transport routes leading to Karachi Port have brought the export sector […]

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PHMA cries foul on gas suspension to textile industry

KARACHI: Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PHMA) on Wednesday harshly condemned gas utility for abrupt suspension to export sector. In a statement PHMA central chairman Shahzad Azam Khan said that Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) without serving any notice and offering any alternate arrangement suspended the gas supply, which is causing severe hindrances in […]

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PHMA organizes seminar on export facilitation scheme

KARACHI: A seminar was organized by the Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA) in collaboration with the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on new Export Facilitation Scheme 2021 (EFS 2021). The export facilitation scheme was notified through SRO957(I)/2021 dated July 30, 2021. The seminar was organized on Wednesday simultaneously at PHMA House, Karachi, Lahore, […]

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Value added textile exporters demand 50 percent reduction in withholding tax

KARACHI: The association of value added textile exporters on Wednesday demanded to reduce the withholding income tax by 50 percent in order to reduce burden on manufacturers and improve country’s foreign exchange earnings. In a joint press conference, the exporters demanded the government of restoring Zero Rating – No Payment No Refund System, continuation of […]

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FBR developing software to eliminate bogus invoices: CTO Chief

KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is working to develop a new software which will eliminate flying / bogus invoices, Dr. Aftab Imam, Chief Commissioner, Corporate Tax Office (CTO) Karachi said during his visit to Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association (PHMA). The chief commissioner assured the exporters that all the issues of exporters will be resolved […]

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