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Pak s dilly-dallying on allowing Indian cotton imports point towards civilian-military struggle ANI | Updated: Apr 25, 2021 13:32 IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan s dilly-dallying approach towards normalising trade relations with India is proving to be a setback to Prime Minister Imran Khan s shift from a geostrategic to geo-economic foreign policy orientation.
FM Shakil, writing in Asia Times, wrote that Pakistan s flip-flop on allowing Indian cotton imports points to an unresolved struggle between civilian and military power centres.
The reconciliation process was on track when Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said at a security dialogue held in Islamabad late last month that stable Indo-Pak relations were key to opening the untapped economic potential of South and Central Asia - a pronouncement consistent with Khan s stated shift to geo-economic policies.
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan expresses solidarity with India over COVID-19 crisis
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A record single-day rise of 3,46,786 coronavirus cases pushed India s tally of infection to 1,66,10,481, while active cases crossed the 25-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.
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Pakistan has reported 157 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest since last year, while the new number of cases recorded were 5,908, the health ministry said on Saturday.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressed solidarity with the people of India battling the deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying “we must fight this global challenge confronting humanity together”.
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A high-level probe has been launched in India into the smuggling of areca nuts from the neighboring countries. Also known as betel nuts, they are widely chewed across South Asia, despite the harmful health effects. The illegal areca nut trade is alleged to be thriving thanks to the patronage of politicians and government officials across many states in the country.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has swung into action following an order from the Bombay High Court, which heard a Public Interest Litigation alleging that substandard and unsafe areca nuts were being smuggled by traders in connivance with custom officials.