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Bibojee Group (Urdu pronunciation: [biː.boˈdʒiː] bee-bo-JEE) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi. It is among the major enterprises in Pakistan, incorporating businesses in manufacturing – textiles, automotive vehicles, tyres, insurance, and construction industries. [1] [2]
The Pakistan Textile City, situated in Karachi, Sindh, is an industrial zone dedicated to textile processing and related industries. Established in 2009, it spans 1,250 acres, [ 1 ] and is strategically located within the North Western Industrial Zone of Port Qasim , just 6 km from the N-5 National Highway .
Textile exports were recorded at $11.625 billion in 2014-2015. In 2015-2016, this number had dropped 7.7% to $10.395 billion. [10] The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association recently requested the government to take significant measures to ensure the growth of textile exports and sustain the employment provided by the sector.
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) is an association for Textile industry in Pakistan.APTMA represents over 400 textile mills in Pakistan. [2]The textile industry is Pakistan's largest industry and textile is the most important export of Pakistan. [3]
Valika Textile Mills was the first to locate here in 1947 and the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah was asked to lay the foundation stone of it. [3] One of the international companies, for example, located at SITE Karachi is Exide Pakistan Limited which manufactures and markets automotive batteries. [6]
Political instability in East Pakistan led the family to move to Karachi in 1970, where they acquired the Sapphire Textile Mill in Kotri, Sindh, in 1971, and later used it as the group identity. [4] In 2003, Sapphire made an equity investment of Rs300 million in the unlisted associated company, Sapphire Finishing Mills Limited. [5]
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The Bin Qasim Industrial Zone is one of the largest industrial areas in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It consists of more than 25,000 acres of land in the Port Qasim (Bin Qasim) town area. Contained within this zone are many industrial units, ranging from medium to large in employment volume.