Pakistan Reproduces Textile Factory Association To Coordinate Strike Action

　　巴基斯坦紡織工廠協會(APTMA)與總理優素福?拉扎?吉拉尼在拉合爾舉行會議。第二天，協會結束每周兩天的罷工。

The prime minister assured the representatives of the association that all issues related to the textile industry would be resolved after negotiations with the parties concerned.

The Prime Minister set up a three member inter Ministerial Committee of the textile industry, including financial advisers, defense ministers and economic ministers, to work together to solve the problem.

After that, GoharEjaz, President of the Pakistan textile mill Association Punjab, ended the strike and called on the government to resolve the matter as soon as possible.

He said the association did not want to strike but was forced to do so.

The association, representing about 300 textile mills, has considered two days' strike per week within two months to reduce the country's export surplus.

Since May 13th, the Pakistan government has imposed a 60 day tariff on yarn exports to help the struggling knitting factories.

Pakistan's cotton price has skyrocketed. Although it is the fourth largest cotton producer in the world, it needs to import large quantities of India cotton to meet domestic demand.

The government claims that tariffs will help improve yarn supply, stabilize domestic market prices, and help knitting factories.

Imported yarn and blended yarn products do not need to pay customs duties.

The textile factory went on strike in March to protest against the government's restrictions on the export of yarn.

The factory filed a lawsuit against the court, which was eventually exempt from the quota export. After that, the government began to impose tariffs on the yarn.

　　上周的周二和周三，拉合爾和木爾坦幾千名工人走上街頭，抗議政府征收關稅，并希望避免裁員(上周在費薩拉巴德和卡拉奇也有工人抗議)，巴基斯坦紗線業工人大約有85萬人。