Observing that Pakistanis are very much in favor of enhanced economic relationship with India, a top American diplomat stationed in Islamabad has said the country is on the cusp of granting the most favored nation status to its eastern neighbour. "I think that there's been progress in the relationship between Pakistan and India, and as you know, we're on the cusp of Pakistan granting most favored nation status to India....
12:27 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Pakistan on Thursday said it cannot grant Most Favoured Nation-status to India before the reservations of all stakeholders are removed while pointing out that it was a "work in progress" and that a final decision is yet to be taken. ...
08:52 PM, Jan 24, 2013
India expects Pakistan to announce elimination of negative list of items later this month that will pave the way for full normalisation of bilateral trade and accordance of MFN status to New Delhi. Pakistan has missed the deadline of December 31, 2012, for phasing out the negative list regime. ...
09:57 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Against the backdrop of a missed deadline for normalising trade relations with India, Pakistan on Friday said the federal cabinet had reiterated its resolve to grant Most Favoured Nation-status to the neighbouring nation. ...
06:33 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Lahore: The Defa-e-Pakistan Council formed by Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief, and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind, Hafiz Saeed on Sunday launched a 'movement' to oppose the move to grant Most Favoured Nation-status to India. "On the pattern of a campaign against the reopening of NATO supply routes, today we announce the launching of a movement against giving India the status of Most Favoured Nation," Saeed said addressing thousands of people who joined a...
08:10 AM, Dec 17, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to curb efforts to normalise trade relations with India and the prospects of abolishing a negative list regime by December have "considerably dimmed", according to a media report on Friday. "Efforts to normalise trade with India have been dealt a serious blow, allegedly due to New Delhi s reluctance to reciprocate moves made by Islamabad to ease trade restrictions," the 'Express Tribune' said in a report....
01:20 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan is moving towards granting Most Favoured Nation-status to India "despite some hurdles" as the two countries have made significant progress in trade cooperation, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday. Zardari referred to the importance of regional trade while addressing a dinner hosted by him at the presidency to mark the 50th anniversary of Pakistan-EU relations and said his government had designated 2012 as the "Year of Regional...
11:59 PM, May 09, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said that granting Most Favoured Nation-status to India was a "paradigmatic shift in policy driven by the business sectors on both sides of the border". Zardari made the remarks at a dinner hosted by the Lahore Chambers of Commerce and Industry at the presidency in Islamabad. "The decision would reconstruct the region's economies and increase its stability," he said. The dinner was...
07:49 AM, May 03, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said the process of giving India Most Favoured Nation status to boost bilateral trade is expected to be completed by October next year. Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said "October next year is the time-frame which has been given" for granting MFN status to India. He was responding to a question during the weekly news briefing on the latest status of the Pakistan government's move to...
10:06 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said a decision is "yet to be taken" on the issue of granting Most Favoured Nation-status to India and that the cabinet had authorised the Commerce Ministry to conduct negotiations in this regard. Responding to points raised by lawmakers in the National Assembly or lower house of parliament, Gilani said the people and parliament would be taken into confidence on the...
09:24 AM, Nov 17, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan has not backtracked on the issue of giving India Most Favoured Nation-status and officials of the two countries will work out modalities for normalising bilateral trade relations, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Saturday. "There is an impression in the media that Pakistan made a decision (on MFN) and then backtracked. This is totally wrong. I want to tell you that we are consistent," Khar told reporters...
10:25 PM, Nov 05, 2011
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has made it clear that Pakistan has not granted the Most Favoured Nation status to India, saying the Commerce Ministry has only been tasked to move forward on the issue in bilateral negotiations. "The Cabinet has only given its approval in principle to move forward on the issue (of MFN) and permitted the Ministry of Commerce, which is actively engaged in trade talks with...
12:10 PM, Nov 05, 2011
New Delhi: Pakistan's decision to grant India Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status is likely to boost trade between both countries. India exports vegetables and few other items valued at about 15 hundred crore rupees every year via the Attari-Wagah border crossing. And now with Pakistan granting MFN status to India the list of export items crossing the border is set to expand. The move is being welcomed in New Delhi....
11:30 AM, Nov 05, 2011
New Delhi: A senior Indian government source accused Pakistan of backtracking since announcing it had granted its neighbour the trading status of Most Favoured Nation, but Islamabad immediately denied the allegation. The disagreement exposed potential hurdles in attempts to improve relations between the two traditionally hostile neighbours. Pakistan announced it was upgrading India to a most favoured nation (MFN) on Wednesday, a move that would help normalise commercial ties between...
08:31 AM, Nov 05, 2011
New Delhi: India has welcomed the grant of 'Most Favoured Nation' status by Pakistan but now there is confusion over the status of the Pakistani cabinet's decision. A press release posted on Wednesday night on the Pakistan government website said the cabinet had given the mandate to take the trade normalisation process forward with India 'to culminate in observance of MFN principle in its true spirit'. The press note has...
02:20 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's cabinet unanimously decided on Wednesday to grant India Most Favoured Nation status to liberalise trade between the two South Asian countries. Pakistan's Information Minister Firdos Ashiq Awan said, "Today after an extensive briefing by the commerce secretary, the cabinet unanimously decided to grant India Most Favoured Nation status." Trade has long been tied to political issues between the neighbours, who have fought three wars since independence. There are...
06:49 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Islamabad: Several banned jihadi groups, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, on Thursday opposed Pakistan's move to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India. Leaders of the groups, including Muttahida Jihad Council chairman Syed Salahuddin, told a gathering of hundreds of supporters at Aabpara Chowk in Islamabad about their movement to "liberate" Jammu and Kashmir. "We will continue our struggle on the political, diplomatic and, most important of all, jihadi...
06:30 PM, Oct 27, 2011
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The recommendation was made by the Panel of Economists, constituted by the Planning Commission. ...
03:32 PM, Apr 22, 2010
SAFTA was discussed by Pranab Mukherjee and Shaukat Aziz on January 13, during Mukherjee's visit to Pakistan. ...
07:57 PM, Jan 15, 2007
