Published on, Aug. 30 -- August 30, 2025 12:59 AM

Pakistan is finalizing a five-year Textiles and Apparel Policy as well as a National Industrial Policy aimed at making industry regionally competitive, removing trade barriers and ensuring long-term export growth, Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan said on Friday.

The textile and apparel sector is Pakistan's largest export earner, accounting for more than half of the country's total exports, contributing around 8.5 percent of GDP and employing nearly 40 percent of the industrial labor force. But high energy costs, outdated infrastructure and policy uncertainty have slowed growth and left the country trailing regional peers such as Bangladesh.

"Pakistan must rely on export growth," Khan sa...