Pakistan’s Punjab chief minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif  feels the textile industry is the country’s economic backbone and its promotion could boost country's exports volume and create new jobs. He said that former rulers ignored this important sector of the economy during their five-year term due to which textile industry suffered irreparable loss. However, the textile sector was now improving fast owing to timely and effective steps of present government.

He also informed that the Punjab government was setting up Garment City over 13,000 acres of land on Motorway-2 near Kala Shah Kaku for the benefit of industrialists, and funds had also been provided for the purpose. Matters relating to gas supply to textile industry during winter were discussed in the meeting and the Chief Minister assured the delegation that all options would be considered for supplying gas to textile industry during winter.

Shahbaz Sharif said the PML-N government was pursuing a solid strategy for promoting trade, economic and industrial activities. He assured that all possible steps would be taken for resolving genuine problems of industrialists. Pakistan would make tremendous progress in textile sector after getting the status of GSP Plus (Generalized System of Preferences), besides increasing job opportunities and exports.