Pak poll to decide India’s MFN status
11 April 2013 6:31 AM IST
Granting of the most favoured nation (MFN) status to India by Pakistan will depend on election results in that country next month, a top official said Wednesday.
‘The present government has said that they are moving towards that (granting MFN status) decision but we will have to wait for the election results,’ said the official.
The Pakistan government last year announced that it has decided to grant the MFN status to India. But the decision has not been implemented yet.
The official, who did not want to be named, said the political upheavals have affected implementation of the decision.
‘They (Pakistan government) have assured that the process is on track,’ he said.
The MFN status would help normalise business and economic relations between the two neighbours and substantially boost bilateral trade.
‘The present government has said that they are moving towards that (granting MFN status) decision but we will have to wait for the election results,’ said the official.
The Pakistan government last year announced that it has decided to grant the MFN status to India. But the decision has not been implemented yet.
The official, who did not want to be named, said the political upheavals have affected implementation of the decision.
‘They (Pakistan government) have assured that the process is on track,’ he said.
The MFN status would help normalise business and economic relations between the two neighbours and substantially boost bilateral trade.
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