--- title: "Textile industry warns Punjab government against new import levy" description: "Most outlets reported that the textile industry has warned the Punjab government about the potential negative effects of a new infrastructure levy on imports, including increased production costs and reduced export competitiveness. Business Recorder and Profit both highlighted the concerns raised by the textile body, with Business Recorder noting the potential impact on investment in the province and Profit emphasizing the risk of double taxation for goods cleared through Sindh ports." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/13689-aptma-urges-punjab-govt-to-suspend-0-9-infrastructure-cess site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Textile industry warns Punjab government against new import levy business · updated 11 Oct 2026, 7:07 PM PKT · 11 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the textile industry has warned the Punjab government about the potential negative effects of a new infrastructure levy on imports, including increased production costs and reduced export competitiveness. Business Recorder and Profit both highlighted the concerns raised by the textile body, with Business Recorder noting the potential impact on investment in the province and Profit emphasizing the risk of double taxation for goods cleared through Sindh ports. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Profit** — [APTMA urges Punjab govt to suspend 0.9% infrastructure cess on industrial imports](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/10/11/aptma-urges-punjab-govt-to-suspend-09percent-infrastructure-cess-on-industrial-imports) · 11 Oct 2026, 7:07 PM PKT > Textile body warns levy could raise production costs, undermine export competitiveness and result in double taxation on goods cleared through Sindh ports - **Business Recorder** — [Textile industry warns against levy on imports](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40443616/textile-industry-warns-against-levy-on-imports) · 11 Oct 2026, 2:26 AM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > LAHORE: Pakistan’s textile industry has warned the Punjab government that a new infrastructure levy on imports will drive up production costs, hurt exports and deter investment in the province. The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has asked Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif to suspend the Punjab Infrastructure Development Cess on industrial imports. In a letter dated Octob... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Textile mills seek exemption from Punjab infrastructure cess on EFS imports](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12609-pakistan-textile-mills-seek-exemption-from-punjab) · 6 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 79% related - [Textile body urges PM to retain export facilitation scheme for yarns, fabrics](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14112-textile-council-urges-pm-to-reject-further-exclusions) · 14 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 73% related - [APTMA urges government to improve business environment for textile industry](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11657-aptma-calls-for-a-competitive-business-environment) · 1 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 73% related - [Textile exporters warn of steep export decline, seek government support](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13715-textile-makers-warn-of-steep-decline-in-exports-from-oct) · 14 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 71% related - [Textile industry warns transport strike could disrupt exports](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2364-goods-oil-transporters-strike-threatens-industry-exports) · 12 Aug 2026 · 7 outlets · 4 developments · 71% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 11 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.