IconFactory TourDaska, Sialkot, Pakistan

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Real photos. Real production.

Most buyers sourcing apparel from Pakistan never get to visit. This page is the next best thing — a stage-by-stage walk through our Daska factory: pattern making, cutting, sewing, custom decoration, pressing and the sample room where every order ships from.

Location
Stadium Road, Daska, Sialkot — Punjab, Pakistan
Established
2008 (17 years of B2B export)
Production floor
100+ skilled operators across cut, sew, decoration & finishing
Active brands
80+ B2B clients across the US, UK, EU, Australia & GCC
01

Pattern Making & Fabric Cutting

Every order starts as a tech pack and a marker. Our pattern team digitises customer specs into nested markers using Lectra-compatible CAD, then prints full-size markers on plotter paper that gets pinned to fabric on the cutting tables. Workers cut by hand with straight knives and band saws — slower than a fully-automated CNC line, but it gives us flexibility for the 50–500 piece runs that big factories can't touch.

Workers marking and cutting fabric on a pattern table at Mughal Apparel Daska Sialkot factory
Two tailors marking and cutting fabric against a printed paper marker. Wood-grain cutting table, brick wall behind. Patterns hanging on the wall are reference cuts from recent jobs.
Quality inspection of cut fabric pieces inside Mughal Apparel pattern room — Sialkot Pakistan
Cut-piece quality check: every bundle is verified for matching shade, dimension and grain direction before it moves to sewing.
02

Sewing & Assembly

Our sewing line runs single-needle lockstitch, twin-needle coverstitch, and 5-thread overlock machines — the standard setup for cut-and-sew streetwear, hoodies, jerseys and joggers. Operators work in batches; team leads do mid-process inspection at every 10th piece. We typically run 6–8 sewing stations per garment for hoodies (collar, sleeve, side seam, hem, pocket, drawcord, label, finish).

Sewing operators at industrial machines on the production floor — Mughal Apparel Daska Sialkot
A row of operators at industrial sewing machines. Each station has its own thread cones, light, and finished-bundle bin. Marble-pattern floor is local Pakistani limestone.
Industrial sewing machines and operator on production floor — Mughal Apparel manufacturing
An operator finishing a French terry hoodie. The blue-topped tables are standard industrial sewing-machine stations. Wall-mounted ironing boards keep finished pieces wrinkle-free.
03

Custom Decoration — Screen Print, Embroidery, DTG

This is where blank cut-and-sew becomes branded product. Manual screen-print frames, an embroidery cluster, and a direct-to-garment (DTG) printer share the decoration room with the pattern wall where sample garments hang for reference. We run plastisol, water-based, and discharge inks; chenille and 3D puff embroidery; and DTG for short-run photo-real prints.

Inspecting graphic-print hoodie at custom design station — Mughal Apparel Sialkot
Operator inspecting a custom Mickey-graphic hoodie at the decoration station. The fabric wall behind shows our reference catalogue — actual garments we made, not stock photos.
Custom decoration and screen-print wall inside Mughal Apparel factory
The same decoration zone from another angle. Cardboard rolls and packing supplies line one wall; cut bundles waiting their turn line the other.
Worker preparing custom hoodie at cut-and-sew design table — Mughal Apparel Sialkot
Custom sample preparation — the operator is preparing a Mickey-graphic hoodie for a US brand client's sample run. Reference graphics on the wall help match brand styling.
Tailor laying out cut pieces ready for sewing — Mughal Apparel factory Daska
Same workstation, mid-production. Cut pieces stacked and ready for assembly with the printed graphic already applied.
04

Pressing, Steaming & Finishing

Finished garments need to ship wrinkle-free and properly shaped. Our pressing room uses heated platens, hand-held steamers, and a vacuum table. Every piece is pressed twice — once after sewing, once after decoration — before it moves to QC. The two-table setup lets us run pressing and packing in parallel during high-volume weeks.

Garment pressing and finishing station — Mughal Apparel Daska Sialkot factory
Pressing and steaming station. The heated press handles knits and woven shirts; the hand-iron handles delicate decoration.
Pressing and steaming finished apparel before packaging — Mughal Apparel
Two operators working pressing and packing in parallel. Side bins hold pre-press bundles; the workbench is where steamed pieces fold and bag.
05

Sample Room & Buyer Showroom

Before any container ships, every buyer's order has a master sample we keep on the showroom wall. This is also where buyers tour when they visit Sialkot. Hoodies, jerseys, sweatpants and shorts representing the last 6 months of production hang as reference — both for shade-matching reorders and as a portfolio for new prospects.

Custom hoodies, jerseys and sweatpants product wall — Mughal Apparel sample room
Sample wall — a cross-section of recent production. Red Manchester-style jerseys, brand-graphic hoodies, jogger sets and DTG-printed tees all from B2B orders shipped in 2024–2025.
Custom streetwear hoodie display inside Mughal Apparel buyer showroom — Sialkot Pakistan
Buyer showroom — wall-mounted hoodies on display. The deer-graphic feature wall is our brand corner; we shoot lookbook photography here on smaller order shoots.
Hoodies and jerseys on display with mannequin — Mughal Apparel sample room
Showroom mannequin and hanging samples. Buyers visiting from US, UK and the EU use this room for spec discussions; we keep tech packs and fabric swatches on the table.

What you can verify in person — or on video call

Many sourcing platforms show stock factory photos. Every image on this page is from our actual production floor in Daska, Sialkot — shot in 2025 during real production runs. If you want to see more, we offer scheduled video tours.

OEKO-TEX 100 fabrics
Test certificates for every blank we cut
Sweatshop-free
Documented working-hour logs available on request
GSP+ Form A
Pakistan-origin documentation for 0% EU duty
In-house decoration
Screen print, embroidery, DTG — no subcontract
MOQ 50 pieces
Cut-and-sew or stock-blank decoration
Sample lead time
12–20 days from approved tech pack

Ready to start an order?

Send your tech pack, brand reference or hand sketch — we'll come back within one business day with FOB pricing, sample lead time, and a production timeline tailored to your launch.