VISION:
PROMOTION, DEVELOPMENT, PROTECTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF HOSIERY AND KNITWEAR GARMENTS INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN.
PAKISTAN HOSIERY MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTER ASSOCIATION IS THE PREMIER TRADE
ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING THE HOSIERY AND KNITWEAR INDUSTRY
ACCELERATING AND PROVIDING GROWTH IN ALL SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY, GENERATING IMMENSE EMPLOYMENT AND PROMOTING NATIONAL
SELF RELIANCE.
ITS HISTORY DATES BACK TO
THE YEAR 1960 WHEN PAKISTAN HOSIERY MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTER ASSOCIATION
WAS ESTABLISHED BY A FEW DEDICATED INDUSTRIALISTS AND LEADING
MANUFACTURERS OF HOSIERY AND KNITWEAR AND REGISTERED WITH
THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE UNDER SECTION 26 OF THE COMPANIES
ACT 1913 ON THE 7TH DAY OF JULY 1960 AND INCORPORATED UNDER
THE COMPANIES ACT 1913 ON THE 31ST DAY OF AUGUST 1960 WITH
THE MAIN OBJECT: "TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP, PROTECT, STIMULATE
AND ENCOURAGE THE HOSIERY, KNITWEAR AND ALL MADE-UPS, FABRICS,
HOME TEXTILE PRODUCTS OF COTTON, WOOL, SILK OR MAN-MADE
FIBERS AND TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF THEIR PRODUCTION AND
ENHANCE EXPORTS" AMONG OTHER AIMS & OBJECTS. SHORTLY
THEREAFTER NORTH ZONE OFFICE WAS OPENED IN LAHORE FOLLOWED
BY OFFICES IN FAISALABAD AND SIALKOT TO FACILITATE THE MEMBERS
THERE AND TO PROVIDE PROMPT AND BETTER SERVICES TO THE MEMBERS
AND EXPORTERS OF FAISALABAD, SIALKOT AND MULTAN.
THE HOSIERY AND KNITWEAR
INDUSTRIAL NETWORK COMPRISES 3,500 LARGE, MEDIUM AND SMALL
UNITS , 85% OF WHICH ARE SMALL ENTERPRISES, 10% MEDIUM VENTURES
AND ONLY 5% LARGE INTEGRATED FACTORIES. THE INDUSTRY PROVIDES
JOBS TO 700,000 PEOPLE IN AN ENVIRONMENT DOMINATED BY REDUNDANCIES
AND DOWNSIZING IN GIANT MULTINATIONALS, FOREIGN BANKS AND
BIG CORPORATIONS.
THE INDUSTRY SUSTAINS DIRECTLY,
LIVELIHOOD OF 210,000 SKILLED WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES;
490,000 UNSKILLED WORKERS AND THEIR KITH AND KIN. ANOTHER
350,000 PEOPLE BENEFIT IN ALLIED COTTAGE INDUSTRIES. THUS
THE INDUSTRY PROVIDES DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY SUSTENANCE
TO WELL OVER A MILLION PEOPLE.
DESPITE BEING A LABOUR -INTENSIVE
INDUSTRY , THE INVESTMENT IN THE KNITWEAR AND HOSIERY UNITS
IS ESTIMATED AT RS. SEVEN BILLION AND TOPS THE LIST OF INDUSTRIES
FOR VALUE ADDED EXPORTS RANKING AS THE SECOND LARGEST FOREIGN
EXCHANGE EARNER IN THE COUNTRY.
KNITWEAR EXPORTS CONSIST
OF KNITTED AND PROCESSED FABRICS KNITTED GARMENTS; KNITTED
BED SHEETS, SOCKS ETC. AND HAS THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE
NATION'S TEXTILE EXPORTS. IT IS A PRIDE TO MENTION HERE
THAT ALL THE EXPORTS OF ALL THE ABOVE KNITTED PRODUCTS IS
35 % OF THE NATION'S EXPORTS. THE KNITWEAR INDUSTRY CONSEQUENTLY
EMERGES AS THE COUNTRIES TOP FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNER.
IN THE COUNTRY'S PRESENT
STAGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE GENERAL
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF'S SEVEN POINT PROGRAMME FOR THE ECONOMIC
REVIVAL OF THE NATION, THE KNITWEAR AND HOSIERY INDUSTRY
PLAYS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ROLE FOR THE BOOSTING OF THE EXPORTS
AND TOWARDS REALIZATION OF THE EXPORT TARGET OF $10 BILLION.
IT IS A LABOUR- INTENSIVE
INDUSTRY IN A CAPITAL SCARCE AND LABOUR-SURPLUS ECONOMY.
ITS ROLE IN BROAD BASING PROSPERITY, ALLEVIATING POVERTY
AND IN MAKING DOMESTIC MARKET PROSPEROUS IS MATCHED BY VERY
FEW INDUSTRIES. IT IS AN ESTABLISHED FACT THAT TODAY, KNITWEAR
AND HOSIERY PRODUCTS HAVE THE LARGEST CONSUMPTION. OBSERVE
ANY SPORTS EVENT AND ONE WILL FIND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE YOUNG AND OLD, MALE AND FEMALE, ALL WEARING KNITTED
PRODUCTS. LARGE MULTINATIONALS, ALL OVER THE WORLD ADVERTISE
THEIR PRODUCTS WITH THEIR MESSAGES PRINTED ON T-SHIRTS.
TODAY THERE ARE MANY COUNTRIES
WHERE PEOPLE LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE AND SPEND FIRST
FOR FOOD, SHELTER AND THEN GARMENTS. KNITTED GARMENTS ARE
DEFINITELY CHEAPER THAN WOVEN ONES, EASY TO WASH AND TRENDY,
BEING USED ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE OVERALL GLOBAL PRODUCTION
AND CONSUMPTION OF KNITTED GARMENTS IS MUCH HIGHER THAN
THAT OF WOVEN GARMENTS. IT IS ALSO FORECAST THAT IN FUTURE
KNIT SHIRT WILL REPLACE WOVEN SHIRT AND WILL BE IN GREAT
DEMAND ALWAYS.
THIS INDUSTRY IS STRIVING
TO BUILD UP THE IMAGE OF MADE IN PAKISTAN WHILE SPINNERS
ONLY MANUFACTURE YARN AND EXPORT. THE EXPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURED FROM THIS YARN BY THIRD COUNTRIES IS PRINTED
AS "MADE IN BANGLADESH"; "MADE IN THAILAND"
ETC. WHEREAS WE, THE VALUE-ADDED SECTOR SPECIALLY THE KNITWEAR
PEOPLE ARE THE REAL ENTREPRENEURS WORKING REAL HARD AND
HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MAKING KNITTED GARMENTS WITH THE LABEL
"MADE IN PAKISTAN" WHICH IS TODAY FOUND IN ALL
THE BEST STORES IN THE WORLD OF WHICH WE THE KNITWEAR INDUSTRY
IS PROUD OF. FOR THE ABOVE STATED PREEMINENT POSITION CREATED
INTERNATIONALLY BY THE KNITWEAR AND HOSIERY INDUSTRY IT
IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS INDUSTRY BE ACCORDED IMPORTANT STATUS
AND DEFINITELY DESERVES SPECIAL SUPPORT BOTH FROM THE GOVERNMENT
AND THE SOCIETY AT LARGE TO HELP MAKE PAKISTAN A PROSPEROUS
COUNTRY.
PHMA CENTRAL OFFICE
PHMA CENTRAL OFFICE IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN IDEAL SURROUNDINGS
AT PHMA HOUSE OFF. SHAHRAH-E-FASIAL IN P.E.C.H.S., BLOCK-6
JUST A KILOMETER AWAY FROM EPB OFFICE. IT IS ELEGANTLY FURNISHED
WITH SPACIOUS RECEPTION LOUNGE FOR MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVES
AND VISITORS. LARGE PUBLIC DEALING COUNTERS WITH AUDIO SYSTEM
AND SPEAKERS. COMPLETELY COMPUTERIZED MODERN AND SPACIOUS
OFFICES FOR QUOTA SERVICING, QUOTA MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTS,
MEMBERSHIP, COMPUTER, LIBRARY AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING
THE SECRETARIAT ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH MOST MODERN AND
ELEGANTLY FURNISHED, MEETING AND CONFERENCE HALL, AUDITORIUM
FOR SEMINAR WITH AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEM AND CHAIRMEN ROOM ON
THE 1ST FLOOR OF PHMA HOUSE. PHMA HOUSE HAS A LARGE PORCH
AND FRONT YARD WHERE LARGE NUMBER OF MEMBER'S CARS CAN BE
PARKED AND WHICH COMPOUND IS ALSO USED FOR GENERAL BODY
MEETINGS OF MEMBERS.
OFFICE BEARERS OF PHMA (2022-2023)
OFFICE BEARERS
CENTRAL CHAIRMAN
Mr. Muhammad Babar Khan
M/s. Multinational Export Bureau, Karachi
SENIOR VICE-CHAIRMAN (CENTRAL) & CHAIRMAN (NZ)
Mr. Naseer Ahmed Butt
M/s. Ayesha Knitwear (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore
VICE-CHAIRMAN (CENTRAL)& CHAIRMAN (SZ)
Mr. Khizer Mehboob
M/s. Burraq Knits, Karachi
MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mr. Altaf Hussain
M/s. Global Exports, Karachi
Mr. Iftikhar Ashraf
M/s. Amna Apparel, Karachi
PHMA STAFF
KHADIM RASOOL
SECRETARY GENERAL
Direct Tel: +92 21 34545683
Tel: +92 21 34522685/34522769 Ext.102
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Email: secretary.general@phmaonline.com
AMJAD USMAN
Manager Technical Support
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Email: phmausa@phmaonline.com; tsc@phmaonline.com
SHAFIQ AHMED
Deputy Secretary & Membership In-charge
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Tel: +92 21 34544765/34522685/34522769/34530544 Ext-108
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GHULAM MUHAMMAD
Membership Relationship Officer
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MUHAMMAD YOUSUF
IT Manager
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Accountant
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ABDULLAH ALI KHAN
Front Desk Officer
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MUHAMMAD ASIF
Office Assistant
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Outdoor Assistant
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Indoor Assistant
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MUKESH KAYLIAN
Designation: Janitor
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MUHAMMAD ZAHID
Gardener
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