Textile industry forced to reduce production due to gas crisis

Karachi: The textile industry of Sindh and Balochistan has been forced to stop their production or continue their activities at 50 percent capacity due to the gas crisis and low pressure.

According to Zahid Mazhar, chairman of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association Southern Zone, the textile industry of Sindh and Balochistan is currently facing a severe crisis. Despite increasing gas tariffs by 30 percent in February 2023, gas is being supplied to industries with low gas pressure and disruptions.

He said that the reduction in gas supply to the export-oriented textile industry of Sindh and Balochistan has caused havoc, as a result of which a large number of industries have closed down and large-scale manufacturing and textile exports have decreased. has happened