Dynamic Sportswear Ltd: Compliance or muddling through sustainability? A perspective from the Pakistani textile industry.

As the eighth largest exporter of textile products in Asia, the fourth largest producer of cotton in the world with the third largest spinning capacity in Asia after China and India, the Pakistani textile sector has become a significant textile contributor in the region. The economic output from this sector comprises 9.5% of the GDP, hence, making this sector the economic backbone of the country. Moreover, this sector employs more than 38% of the manufacturing workforce, contributes more than 63-68% of the total export earnings of the country and is a major source of foreign exchange earnings (Cleanclothes, 2015), thereby enhancing the significance of this sector.