Voice of America: Pakistan's Textile Industry Faces Challenges

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Pakistan's Textile Industry Faces Challenges Oct 17th 2012, 16:44 A fire last month that killed some 300 trapped workers at a garment factory in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi exposed serious flaws in the country's industry regulations. It was one of the worst industry disasters in Pakistan, one in which most victims were trapped behind closed or blocked fire exits. Union members blame a culture of easy violation of health and safety laws.   At the M.K. Sons factory in Faisalabad, which produces colorful printed fabrics for sale by U.S. ... Media files: B1BF75E9-486A-4F2C-94B7-4C23FDC412D7_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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