FAISALABAD: National Textile University Faisalabad (NTUF) Rector Prof Dr Tanvir Hussain has said
innovative and unique ideas are imperative to make textile products competitive
in the global markets.
He was addressing the first annual knowledge-based textile conference “Know Tex” organized
by the NTUF in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Islamabad at university
hall here on Thursday.
He said the textile industry was the backbone of national economy as it fetched precious
foreign exchange to stabilize economy of Pakistan. However, the textile scientists should introduce
innovative and unique ideas so that textile products could complete in the world markets.
All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Raheem Nasir, Chairman Chenab Group
Mian Muhammad Lateef, Chairman CPEC Committee of Faisalabad Chamber of
Commerce & Industry (FCCI) Engineer Ahmad Hasan, Chairman Power Looms Association
Waheed Khaliq Ramay, President Faisalabad Dyes & Chemical Traders Association Sheikh
Jawad Shafiq, General Manager R&I Interloop Limited Syed Hasnain Abbas and others also
addressed the conference.
Later, certificates were also distributed among the participants of the conference.