‘High time to increase trade with India’
May 09, 2012
our correspondent
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By our correspondent LAHORE: Pakistan and India have tremendous trade potential and it is high time that the two countries should enhance trade, said Ibrahim Qureshi, president of the Business Forum...
Businesses seek Pakistan-India investment treaty
May 09, 2012
Mansoor Ahmad
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By Mansoor Ahmad and Munawar Hasan LAHORE: A bilateral investment treaty between India and Pakistan should be finalized to fully facilitate two-way flow of foreign direct investment, said Rahul...
Hum sab ko aman ki asha hai, says Hina Rabbani Khar
May 09, 2012
Asha Rai
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By Asha Rai LAHORE: Can fast-tracking trade relations between India and Pakistan and accelerating economic ties without simultaneously trying to resolve long-standing political disputes , work? The...
India likely to open more doors to Pakistan for better ties
May 09, 2012
Aman Ki asha
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LAHORE: India is willing to look at more land border transit points with Pakistan and opening new border crossings at places like Munnabao in Rajasthan is a possibility , Sharat Sabharwal,...
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade allows the neighbours to work as common market
May 09, 2012
Bilal Farooqi
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LAHORE: If there is political will, India and Pakistan can start trading with each other as a common market without in any way infringing on their respective trading relationships with other...
Ringside view
May 09, 2012
Bilal Farooqi
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Visa Power If there was a theme that dominated the first day of the Indo-Pak business conference, was the four-letter word: visa. Speakers from both sides of the border were at pain to point out that...
Home secretaries to meet on May 24 in Islamabad, likely to ink visa agreement
May 09, 2012
Bilal Farooqi
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NEW DELHI: Home secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan will take place in Islamabad on May 24-25 when the two sides are likely to sign a liberalized visa agreement. The Indian delegation...
VIEWPOINT…A Pakistani in India
May 09, 2012
Babar Ayaz
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By Babar Ayaz Last December, while processing the plethora of forms a Pakistani visitor has to submit in spite of having a valid visa, an immigration officer at the newly refurbished Indira Gandhi...
Pakistan to phase out negative list if NTBs removed
May 09, 2012
Mansoor Ahmad
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By Mansoor Ahmad and Munawar Hasan LAHORE: Pakistan has linked the phasing out of its negative list by December 2012 with the removal of non-tariff barriers (NTB) by India. “Pakistani cabinet...
Kashmir dispute must be resolved: Imran
May 09, 2012
Babar Dogar
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Says strong leadership vital for peace with India; people-to-people contacts not enough, powerful political governments required to break political impasse; calls for parity in trade with India;...
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