Sajid Saleem Minhas has been elected unopposed as central chairman PRGMEA for the year 2012-13, while Mir Muhammad Farooq Meyer and Shaikh Shafiq Rafiq were elected unopposed as the chairmen, north and south zones, respectively, in a general body meeting held on October 3.
Minhas on assuming charge of the office said only with a long term vision, can the garment industry progress in Pakistan.
He said getting GSP Plus status for Pakistan would be his top most priority in the days ahead and he is willing to extend PRGMEA’s full cooperation to the government in order to attain duty-free status.
“We would like to thank the European Union granting Pakistan the trade concessions package and also to our government for relentlessly pursuing the matter with the EU. We would like to extend our full support and cooperation to the government and would stress better coordination with the government on all important matters”, he stressed.
Earlier, the participants of the Annual General Meeting offered their condolences to all the workers of the recent fire incidents in Karachi and Lahore and decided that PRGMEA will play its due role in training and placement of workers affected by this tragic incident.
The body also passed a unanimous resolution to review their fire and safety policies and to implement safety measure and compliances more thoroughly.