Carpet manufacturers demand speedy measures to boost exports.

LAHORE -- The Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMAEA) has stressed the need for taking more effective and speedy measures to enhance overall exports volume and revenue of Pakistan.

Talking to the media here Sunday, Association's Senior Vice Chairman Usman Ashraf said that until the economy was based on exports, Pakistan's prosperity hinged on transforming the economy on export base for which economic and other relevant policies would have to be re-formulated in consultation with stakeholders. There was also a dire need to remove unnecessary obstacles and reduce the cost of agricultural and industrial production to ensure an export-led economy.

He suggested that in order to increase country's exports, a study report of regional and other countries should be prepared, and export promotion responsibilities should be assigned to Pakistani embassies by giving commercial attaches formal export targets, and their performance...