Distribution Location of Woollen Textile Industry
Wool spinning and weaving by indigenous methods
such as cottage industry is an oldy practice in Pakistan. It is done in all
provinces, especially mountainous areas of Swat, Chitral, Dir. Northern Areas
of Pakistan and Baluchistan province.
Our modern woollen textile industry
has also been established in all the four provinces. Some of the important
centres are;
- Baluchistan:
Harnai, Mastung and Quetta.
- Sindh:
Karachi, Kotri, Hyderabad, Larkana,
- KPK:
Nowshehra, Bannu, Charsadda.
- Punjab:
Lahore, Sahiwal, Multan, Ismailabad (Multan), Faisalabad, Jhang, Quaiabad,
Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Lawrencepur.
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