Tag: MFN

MFN not to harm local industry

Almost 80 per cent of the country’s trade bodies and business associations have shown fear of losing their domestic market after granting Most Favored...

MFN to India

The MFN status is no big a news, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s claim that Pakistan army was onboard about the decision of granting...

JI and JD protest against MFN award to India

The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) held protests in Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Islamabad, Multan and Peshawar on Friday against the Federal Cabinet’s decision to grant Most...

Rally against MFN status

A rally was staged under World Islamic Organisation Chairman Dr Muzhar Shafique against Pakistan’s decision to grant India the title of Most Favoured Nation....

MFN status to India negation of Kashmiris’ sacrifices: JI

Scores of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) activists staged a protest demonstration on Friday to press the government to reverse its decision of giving the Most Favoured...

PPP govt flayed for giving MFN status to India

Dozens of political and religious parties on Wednesday condemned the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led government for giving Indian the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status...

Pakistan asks India to lift tariff, non tariff barriers

In the backdrop of government’s fresh decision of granting MFN status to India, Pakistan has decided to ask India to lift tariff and non-tariff...

India’s minority report

Massacres recede into history. But their memory haunts us. A strain of music, a candle light in the wilderness or a sad face re-enacts...

Marble industry ready for Indian competition

KARACHI GHULAM ABBAS Though many industries and sectors in Pakistan have expressed fear of losing their local markets through open trade with India, the marble exporters...

The MFN debate

Every government strives to pursue the policies best suited to their own interests; is a phenomenon true regardless of time and space. Granting of...

Indian dichotomy and MFN

MFN status was given to India as a gesture which was indeed in response to India's waiver of objections to the preferential trade agreement....

Sec-level talks: India may seek clarity on MFN

Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood is ready to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Rahul Khullar in New Delhi as Pakistan and India are steadily...

MFN to India hailed

The decision to grant MFN status to India is a welcome step; but before signing any formal agreement both the Pakistani and Indian governments...

Indian dichotomy and MFN

The Government of Pakistan has agreed in principle to accord the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India. This decision has created debate in...

A surreal peace

In the backdrop of more than six decades of an adversarial relationship, the bonhomie created between the Pakistani and Indian Prime Ministers on the...

Repercussions of granting MFN to India

At last Pakistan has decided to grant India the status of Most Favoured Nation (MFN). India granted this status to Pakistan in 1996 but...