Pakistan wants to increase its textile exports in the next five years. Special incentives would be given to small and medium enterprises. New schemes and initiatives will be launched to increase the use of information technology. The plan envisages making textile sector compliant with labor and environment rules and conventions domestically and internationally. Textile units will be encouraged to use modern management practices for improving efficiency and reducing waste. The government will also provide vocational training to 12,000 workers.

Pakistan is the eighth largest exporter of textile products in Asia and the fourth largest producer of cotton with the third largest spinning capacity in Asia after China and India. Organisational rules will be amended to extend incentives to employees on the basis of performance and output. The proposed measures include formulation of a new policy as well as restructuring of institutions dealing with cotton to promote availability of better cotton for the value-added sector in the textile value chain.

Cotton standardisation and clean cotton with reduced contamination levels will be facilitated through upgradation of ginning machinery. A comprehensive training and capacity building program would be developed to establish a system in the private sector for grading and classifying cotton, ensuring that proper premiums are paid on cotton.