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Textiles and Clothing in a Changing World: Can Pakistan Catch up with the Front-Runners?
The textile and clothing (T&C) industry is the most interesting of the major industries to study at this time. Its natural development has been the most severely distorted by a system of global constraints that were only eased at the beginning of this year......more ....
Cotton Pickers After the Quota Expiry: Bitter Harvest
Pakistan’s textile and clothing (T&C) industry stands on women’s shoulders. Under the scorching sun, thousands of female cotton pickers work in the cotton fields of Southern Punjab and Sindh, harvesting the raw material for the production of yarn, cloth, trousers, and t-shirts........more....
Politics of Donations
The money pledged by international donors for post-quake rehabilitation and reconstruction seems fine on paper. The devil lies in the fine print ......more....
Domestic Policies and WTO
Before the Southern states begin to fault the WTO, the central concern for them ought to be domestic policies and the shortcomings in that regard.......more....
Ways to Protect Traditional Knowledge
The current literature on Intellectual Property Rights, presents two approaches used in the world to protect traditional knowledge. One is positive approach and the other is defensive approach.......more....
