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New Delhi, April 1
In a setback to prospects of restarting trade via Wagah, the Pakistan Cabinet has put off the proposal to import sugar and cotton from India. The proposal was cleared a day earlier by the Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC).
Raises Kashmir
The PM has said there can be no normalisation of ties with India until they reverse their Aug 5, 2019, actions on Kashmir. Shireen Mazari, Pakistan Minister
On Wednesday, Pakistan appeared to be on course to reversing two official notifications of August 10, 2019, that banned all trade with India in protest against the change in status of J&K. But there might have been an internal pushback in Islamabad because at least one import proposal for raw cotton and yarn must have been cleared by Pakistan PM Imran Khan as he is also the Minister of Commerce and Textile.
New Delhi, April 1
In a setback to prospects of restarting trade via Wagah, the Pakistan Cabinet has put off the proposal to import sugar and cotton from India. The proposal was cleared a day earlier
Both countries withdrew their top diplomats, and consular staff were expelled or withdrawn.
There has been a frosty stand-off since, but signs of rapprochement recently have included Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan exchanging letters, as well as a resumption of talks last week on the use of resources from their shared Indus River.
Bloomberg reported last week that the United Arab Emirates had brokered secret back-channel talks between the two South Asian nations.
Asked at a press conference Wednesday why the trade was resuming despite there being no change in New Delhi s position on Kashmir, Pakistan Finance Minister Hammad Azhar said the government had to make decisions in the interest of the people .