Article: CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT BENEFITS PAKISTANI MANUFACTURERS.

Byline: Mahlia S. Lone

LAHORE, Pakistan - With the Pakistan rupee loosely pegged to the dollar and the strengthening of the Chinese, Indian and Bangladeshi currencies, Pakistani manufacturers have gotten an automatic price advantage against their regional competitors in certain categories.

After the successful and relatively peaceful holding of general elections in the country on Feb. 18, political unrest has also subsided.

Imran Iqbal, general manager of marketing of Active Apparel International, Pakistan's oldest knitwear company in operation since 1954, with mills in Lahore and Multan here, and in Jordan and Egypt, said the country's sourcing ...

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