FAISALABAD: Skilled manpower is imperative to support existing value
added textile sector for growth and to earn foreign exchange, besides
creating maximum job opportunities for the unemployed youth.
An Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between knitwear
industry and Punjab Vocational Training Council with the courtesy of
GIZ, said sources.
Kashif Zia Senior Vice Chairman (SVC) Pakistan Hosiery manufacturers
Association (PHMA) North Zone, while addressing the ceremony, said that
survival of textile industry was directly linked to innovation and
gradual value addition in the entire chain of textile.
Muhammad Ilyas Principal Punjab Vocational Training Council said
skilled newly trained workers were being absorbed in these industries.
The meeting was also attended by Hammad Hussain, Sulman Butt of GIZ,
Asif Iqbal of Cosy international and Muhammad Ayub in addition to other
members of PHMA.
Source: Business Recorder, Pakistan Saturday, 13 October 2018