Italy-Pakistan Footwear Technological Centre (IPFTC) to boost growth in footwear industry

Italy-Pakistan Footwear Technological Centre (IPFTC) will enable producers to enhance skills, productivity. Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Amadeo Scarpa has expressed the determination to further strengthen ties with Pakistan in all fields of mutual interest, especially to deepen commercial relations between the two sides.

Global Footwear Industry and Pakistan: History and Significance of Rising Markets

Footwear Industry has been growing since the earliest human history, archaeological finds of complete shoes date back to the Chalcolithic (ca. 5.000 BCE). Some ancient civilizations, such as Egypt and Greece however saw no practical need for footwear due to convenient climatic and landscape situations and used shoes primarily as ornaments and insignia of power.