
Once upon a time, the region that is now modern day Pakistan was South Asia's prime trading hub. Be it during the time of the ...

12:58 PM, Apr 15, 2012

Dhaka: Taking the trade route to cement bilateral ties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday night announced duty-free import of 61 items from Bangladesh that were barred from entering India. A majority of these items 46 to be precise, relate to textiles, particularly ready made garments. Singh, now on his maiden bilateral visit to Bangladesh, said India was "fully alive to the problem of trade imbalance between India and Bangladesh."...

02:25 AM, Sep 07, 2011

New Delhi: Pushing for economic integration in South Asia, India on Thursday called for greater intra-regional trade and investment flows on the lines of East and Southeast Asia and urged SAARC countries to ratify a key pact on trade and services. "There is considerably greater potential to increase the share of intra-regional trade and investment flows as has been witnessed in East and Southeast Asia," External Affairs Minister SM Krishna...

11:02 PM, Sep 16, 2010

Terrorism and trade topped the agenda at the 14th SAARC summit but member nations failed to break any new ground. ...

12:24 AM, Apr 05, 2007

At the SAARC summit Kashmir did not figure for a change but terrorism did, however, it was not brought up by India or Pak. ...

12:25 AM, Apr 04, 2007

Pakistan has discretely avoided the K-word at Saarc this time, but still raised the bilateral issues with India at the summit. ...

01:52 PM, Apr 03, 2007

Leaders from the participating nations discussed “bold” steps to tackle the problem and Manmohan Singh led the charge. ...

12:51 PM, Apr 03, 2007

Despite the anger over terrorist attacks, terrorism itself could possibly emerge as a binding force for the region. ...

12:08 AM, Apr 03, 2007

The South Asian Free Trade Agreement aims to cut export duties by the end of this year but a lot still needs to be done. ...

02:02 PM, Apr 02, 2007

Despite ratifying SAFTA, which envisages free trade among SAARC countries, Pakistan has refused to implement it. ...

02:02 AM, Mar 26, 2007

SAFTA was discussed by Pranab Mukherjee and Shaukat Aziz on January 13, during Mukherjee's visit to Pakistan. ...

07:57 PM, Jan 15, 2007

India will take up its objection to Pak limiting trade with Delhi under SAFTA at SAARC Ministerial Council in Oct. ...

02:54 PM, Aug 28, 2006