ABOUT US
Towel industry in Pakistan was practically nonexistent
prior to 1965. It started on a very small scale in 1965.
After covering some stages, the Towel Manufacturing Group
was formed locally at Karachi and got recognized by the
Ministry of Commerce in May 1972. Mr. M.Y. Khan, Mr.
Abdullah E. Vaid, Mr. Khalid Saeed Sheikh and Mr. S.M.A.
Rizvi held the office of chairman in the Group from the date
of its recognition. In the year 1976 the group was elevated
to the status of an Association on All Pakistan basis and
got affiliated with the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of
Commerce & Industry.
The Towel Manufacturers’ Association of Pakistan was
recognized by the Government of Pakistan on 9th August 1976
as “B” class Association with Head office at Karachi and two
Circles viz., Northern (i.e. Punjab & NWFP) and Southern
(i.e. Sind & Baluchistan) provinces with their offices at
Lahore and Karachi respectively. It got registered with Astt:
Registrar, Joint Stock Companies, Sind who issued the
Certificate of Incorporation on 1st October 1976. First
election of the Association was held in December 1976 and it
started functioning properly from 1st January 1977.
Since then the Govt. of Pakistan has entrusted this
Association with the job of management and distribution of
Quota of Towels, Terry fabrics & other made-up to its
members. The founder members of this Association were, Mr.
S.M.A. Rizvi, Mr. Khalid Saeed Sheikh, Mr. M.L. Ashraf, Mr.
Zahur lqbal, Mr. Hassanali Chaturbhai, Mr. Bashir H.
Alimohammad, Mr. Anis Hashmi, Mr. Mian Abdul Aziz, Mr.
Yousef A. Gani, Mr. Ch. Muhammed Salim, Mr. Tanveer A.
Sheikh and Mr. M. Arshad Sajid.
Most of the Towel Manufacturing Units became members of this
Association. Being satisfied with the working of this
Association the Govt. of Pakistan did not only recognize the
Association the Govt. of Pakistan did not only recognize
the Association but classified it as an “A” class
Association under Trade Organizations Ordinance 1961 vide
SRO No. 684(1)/81 dated 27th June 1981. The Association was
also designated to issue Certificates of Origin under
Article 11(2) of the International convention relating to
the simplification of customs formalities, 1923 in respect
of Towels exported to non-GSP countries from Pakistan vide
SRO No. 903(1)1181 dated 10th August 1981. Moreover, the
State Bank of Pakistan has also authorized this Association
to issue certificates (T-2) for submission to that Bank for
sanction of Business Travel Quota for countries other than
India vide State Bank of Pakistan letter No.
8066/ECP.8(ii)-B-83 dated 31st October 1983.
The Head office of the Association was located in Old Ralli
Brothers Building, Talpur Road, Karachi in February 1982.
With the increase of the work load and consequently the
staff, this accommodation was found insufficient. In 1987 an
accommodation on 12th Floor of Kashif Centre, opp, Mehran
Hotel, Shahra-e-Faisal, Karachi was purchased by the
Association and properly furnished.
Currently our office located at TMA House ,
77-A , Block ' A ' Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society
,
Karachi - 74400
