Low labour cost Location Raw material base manpower Skilled and educated Cheap & ample supply Easy accessibility of Energy at lower rates labour of labour raw material Easily accessible Ability to handle high infrastructure volume orders Rich heritage Growing Economy Strength FDI Shorter lead times Domestic market Growign fibre industry Duty free to EU Quality Rich heritage Excellent tele- Highest standard of labour Huge variety of communication network laws products Convenience of duty free custom bonded warehouse Dependence on others for Research & Highly disintegrated raw material Import of raw material development industry High Absenteeism & labour more dependence on Huge dependency on Poor Infrastructure turnover cotton cotton Power, Interest rates, Low productivity Increasing labour cost Low labour productivity Indirect taxes are high Weakness Inadequacy of technlogical Political Instability Lack of marketing skills Poor Infrastructure development Inefficiency in port Too concentrated in management western province Poor quality standards Not highly productive Unstable political condition Poor system orientation Bangladesh Sri Lanka Pakistan India China Targeting unexplored export High value added products Re-instatement of GSP+ markets Handicrafts Complete intergration of Collaboration with foreign Diversification manufacturing process companies Product development Opportunity Developing niche products Image building of Pakistan Producing high value products Re-engineering of production system Outsourcing from different competition - Bangladesh, Striking a balance between countries Increase in labour cost Sri Lanka, Vietnam quality & price of products Competition - Pakistan, Competition - Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Competition - Bangladesh, Threat India Vietnam Phasing out of Quota syatem Sri Lanka, China Competition for labour with Striking a balance between Environmental Issues other emerging industries demand & supply Labor standards Compliance issues