Textile millers yesterday demanded that the government re-fix gas prices at the previous rate as they have been unable to run their industrial units due to low pressure of gas despite the rates being doubled since February 2022.

The ongoing dollar shortage in the banking sector is posing a threat to local textile millers and spinners as they are in trouble in opening letters of credit (LCs) to import raw materials and cotton to feed the country’s readymade garment industry.