'A Descent Into Chaos': How India Can Play A Role In Pakistan's Economic Revival
1 year, 6 months ago

'A Descent Into Chaos': How India Can Play A Role In Pakistan's Economic Revival

The Quint  

Recognising the need to open up economically with India, Pakistan’s leading industrialist and head of the Nishat Group, Mian Mohammad Mansha, has once again pleaded for the restoration of trade with India. He went on to add, "If China can have vibrant trade and business ties with India despite its territorial disputes, why can’t we? But once people come to one another’s country through trade and tourism, I think the doors will start opening.” Mansha also gave India’s example of the tough decisions it took in the early 1990s when it too had to take support from the IMF. The Dawn wrote that Mansha’s comments “echoed what many have been urging for a while now – that the revitalisation of trade with India, along with other regional economies, is a prerequisite to Pakistan’s long-term economic stability."

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Right T-word is terrorism, not tango, says India in comeback to Pak dy PM
6 days, 16 hours ago

Right T-word is terrorism, not tango, says India in comeback to Pak dy PM

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India on Friday said Pakistan will have to tackle the issue of terrorism before the two sides can move forward in areas such as trade and commerce, even as it highlighted the fallout of Islamabad’s long-standing policy of using terror as an instrument of state policy. But it has to be both sides,” he said External affairs ministry …

Pakistan's defence minister says relations with India can improve after Lok Sabha elections
9 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan's defence minister says relations with India can improve after Lok Sabha elections

India TV News  

Islamabad: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday exuded hope that thorny relations with India can be improved after the upcoming Lok Sabha elections are held in the neighbouring country. His remarks came after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism at nearly an "industrial level" and India "will not skirt this problem anymore". However, Pakistan's Foreign …

No change in trade policy with India: Pakistan
9 months, 1 week ago

No change in trade policy with India: Pakistan

The Hindu  

Pakistan on March 28 clarified that it has no plan to resume trade relations with India which has been "non-existent" since 2019 after the Indian government abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The clarification from Pakistan's Foreign Office comes days after the new Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said in London that …

Cash-Strapped Pakistan Turns to India for Help Amid Economic Crisis
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Cash-Strapped Pakistan Turns to India for Help Amid Economic Crisis

News 18  

Battered Economically and Isolated Globally, Pakistan Hopes for Trade Revival with India Trade between India and Pakistan has been at a near-complete standstill since 2019. Consequently, India stripped Pakistan of its “most favoured nation” status, effectively placing a 200 per cent duty on Pakistani imports. Five years later, a cash-strapped Pakistan has realised it punched way above its weight and …

Pakistan Considers Resuming Trade with India
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan Considers Resuming Trade with India

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Pakistan foreign minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar has reportedly said in London that his country will seriously consider restoration of trade ties with India that were suspended in August 2019. News agency reports as well as Pakistani media reports said the minister made the comments at a press conference in London, which perhaps indicates a softening of the stand …

Pakistan to 'seriously' consider restoring trade ties with India: Foreign Minister Dar
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan to 'seriously' consider restoring trade ties with India: Foreign Minister Dar

The Hindu  

Pakistan will “seriously” consider restoring trade ties with India that remained suspended since August 2019, Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar has said, indicating a potential shift in diplomatic stance towards the neighbouring nation. Pakistan will consider restoring trade ties with India, he noted. Pakistan downgraded ties with India Pakistan downgraded its diplomatic ties with New Delhi after the Indian government …

Pakistan has to normalise ties with India if it wants to climb out of the hole it finds itself in
1 year, 9 months ago

Pakistan has to normalise ties with India if it wants to climb out of the hole it finds itself in

Firstpost  

The Pakistan economy is caught in a death spiral, coming out of which is no longer possible with the traditional tools of living on the dole from ‘friendly’ countries like China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The good news for Pakistan is that some Pakistanis – a few sensible ones – have increasingly been talking of the need …

Pakistan is Irrelevant to India’s Rise - News18
1 year, 9 months ago

Pakistan is Irrelevant to India’s Rise - News18

News 18  

The Pakistan economy is caught in a death spiral, coming out of which is no longer possible with the traditional tools of living on the dole from ‘friendly’ countries like China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The good news for Pakistan is that some Pakistanis – a few sensible ones – have increasingly been talking of the need …

India never halted trade relations with Pakistan: Indian diplomat
1 year, 9 months ago

India never halted trade relations with Pakistan: Indian diplomat

The Hindu  

India never halted trade relations with Pakistan and wants to move towards normalising business ties, a senior Indian diplomat here has said, stressing that today’s diplomacy focuses on tourism, trade, and technology because “money speaks its own language”. India was presently doing trade of $120 billion with China, in which the balance of trade is towards China, he said, stressing …

After China, are the US and Germany too wooing Pakistan — at India’s expense?
2 years, 2 months ago

After China, are the US and Germany too wooing Pakistan — at India’s expense?

Firstpost  

On the face of it may be an expression of the West’s unhappiness over the Indian ‘friend/ally’ not heeding to their appeals/order to honour their unilateral sanctions on Russia, over oil purchases at discounted prices in the wake of the Ukraine War. Moving along, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin received Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa at the Pentagon only …

Pakistan to resume trade route with India, say reports
2 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan to resume trade route with India, say reports

India TV News  

Pakistan is set to resume the trade route with India, its Finance Minister Miftah Ismail informed on Monday. Pakistan's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said the government can consider importing vegetables and other edible items from India following the destruction of standing crops due to massive floods, three years after Islamabad downgraded trade ties with New Delhi over the Kashmir issue. …

No comments, says India on Imran Khan driving Pakistan into political turmoil
2 years, 9 months ago

No comments, says India on Imran Khan driving Pakistan into political turmoil

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The external affairs ministry on Thursday declined to comment on the political turmoil in Pakistan arising from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sudden decision to dissolve Parliament and said it was an internal matter of the neighbouring country. New Delhi articulated its hands-off approach hours after Pakistan’s Supreme Court completed hearings to decide petitions that challenge National Assembly deputy …

A thaw in India-Pakistan trade relations?
3 years, 7 months ago

A thaw in India-Pakistan trade relations?

The Hindu  

The rejection by the Pakistan government of the recent proposal made to it by the Economic Coordination Committee to import sugar, cotton and cotton yarn from India was disappointing, but at the same time indicative of a possibility of resumption of trade relations between the two countries. The two countries agreed to trade in a list of items, including essential …

Fits and starts: On India-Pakistan dialogue process
3 years, 9 months ago

Fits and starts: On India-Pakistan dialogue process

The Hindu  

After a month of moves and messages that indicated a détente, events last week appear to have slammed the brakes on the India-Pakistan dialogue process. The moves began with a ceasefire announcement at the LoC in February, followed by Indus water talks, sporting visas and other measures, including official speeches by Pakistan’s top leadership pushing for regional rapprochement, and salutary …

No trade with India under current circumstances: Pakistan PM Khan
3 years, 9 months ago

No trade with India under current circumstances: Pakistan PM Khan

Deccan Chronicle  

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan decided that Pakistan cannot go ahead with any trade with India under the current circumstances after holding consultations with key members of his Cabinet on importing cotton and sugar from the neighbouring country, a media report said on Saturday. With regards to the ECC decision to allow import of sugar, cotton and cotton yarn from …

Has India normalised trade relations with Pakistan? Read details
3 years, 9 months ago

Has India normalised trade relations with Pakistan? Read details

Op India  

Almost two years after abruptly snapping ties with India, Islamabad is reportedly considering to resume trade ties with New Delhi, a report published in the Indian Express said. India desires normal trade ties with neighbours, including Pakistan The meeting of Pakistan’s cabinet committee over the resumption of trade ties with India comes a week after Minister of State in the …

India signals readiness for restarting trade with Pak
3 years, 9 months ago

India signals readiness for restarting trade with Pak

Live Mint  

Amid signs of bonhomie, India on Wednesday signalled that it is ready to resume trade with Pakistan, which the latter had unilaterally stopped almost two years ago. Pakistan unilaterally suspended bilateral trade with India in August 2019. India also suspended cross-LoC trade in April 2019 on receiving reports that these routes were being misused by Pakistan-based elements for funnelling illegal …

Shadow of Pakistan looms large over this week's 'informal summit' between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping
5 years, 3 months ago

Shadow of Pakistan looms large over this week's 'informal summit' between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping

Firstpost  

Pakistan has been the most convenient tool in the hands of the Communist rulers of China to create myriad security challenges for India Pakistan has been the most convenient tool in the hands of the Communist rulers of China to create myriad security challenges for India. Just a few days before Chinese president Xi Jinping is slated to visit India …

Pakistan suspends trade ties with India. Who gains, who loses from Imran Khan's move
5 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan suspends trade ties with India. Who gains, who loses from Imran Khan's move

India Today  

Relations between India and Pakistan worsened on Wednesday when Pakistan decided to downgrade diplomatic ties with India, recall its high commissioner from New Delhi, expel the Indian envoy to Islamabad and suspend bilateral trade. "In the 1950s and 1960s, India's growth hovered around 2-3 per cent annually while Pakistan grew at around 5-6 per cent, with a per capita income …

Trade suspension with India to hurt Pakistan more as neighbouring country imports essential items, say experts
5 years, 5 months ago

Trade suspension with India to hurt Pakistan more as neighbouring country imports essential items, say experts

Firstpost  

Pakistan’s decision to suspend bilateral trade ties with India would hit the neighbouring country more as they import essential items like onion, tomatoes and chemicals, according to experts New Delhi: Pakistan’s decision to suspend bilateral trade ties with India would hit the neighbouring country more as they import essential items like onion, tomatoes and chemicals, according to experts. “The suspension …

Pakistan reacts to Article 370 abrogation by downgrading diplomatic ties with India, suspending bilateral trade, partially shutting airspace
5 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan reacts to Article 370 abrogation by downgrading diplomatic ties with India, suspending bilateral trade, partially shutting airspace

Firstpost  

Imran Khan chaired a crucial meeting of Pakistan’s National Security Committee. A statement issued after the meeting read that the NSC discussed situation ‘arising out of unilateral and illegal actions’ by the Indian government, situation inside Jammu and Kashmir and along the Line of Control. Pakistan on Wednesday decided to take several steps against India — including downgrading of diplomatic …

Pakistan’s decision to suspend trade relations unlikely to harm India
5 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan’s decision to suspend trade relations unlikely to harm India

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Although Pakistan on Wednesday announced it would suspend trade relations with India, the move would have "very minimal" impact on India's overall trade scenario and its bussinesses. Pakistan's top civil and military leadership on Wednesday decided to expel Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and suspend bilateral trade with India in the wake of New Delhi's move to revoke …

India remains unfazed as Pakistan downgrades ties, says will maintain stance on no trade
5 years, 5 months ago

India remains unfazed as Pakistan downgrades ties, says will maintain stance on no trade

India Today  

India has responded to the suspension of trade ties by Pakistan in the wake of the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan on Wednesday expelled Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria, minutes after it decided to downgrade the diplomatic ties with India, alleging that New Delhi's move to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was "unilateral …

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