Pakistan's textile sector, the backbone of our economy, faces an existential threat as cotton imports skyrocket to alarming levels. Recent data reveals a 114% year-on-year surge in the cotton import bill, already over $2.5 billion in the first 10 months of FY25, compared with $1.2 billion in the first 10 months of 2024 and a full-year target of just $1.9 billion.

This dependency is not merely a trade imbalance but a symptom of deeper structural failures that threaten the stability of the broader........

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