War of words between Pakistan tanners and leather garment makers intensifies
20/11/2002
In a statement issued yesterday, chairman Fawad Ijaz Khan called into question the assertion made by the PTA's S. M. Naseem, that finished leather exports in September and October were down 25% on the year before. Given that the decline for the July-October quarter was only 11%, this was hardly likely to have been the case, Ijaz Khan observed. By comparison, leather garment exports were down 45% during the same period, he said