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No decision yet on revoking MFN status to Pakistan: Nirmala Sitharaman

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said that Pakistan is yet to transition fully to most favoured nation status for India

1 min read5 Dec 2016
Politics

India’s interest in Saarc is intact: Vikas Swarup

Indian foreign ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup says India's priority is to promote closer cooperation and economic integration in the South Asian region

2 min read21 Oct 2016
Politics

No discussions yet on withdrawal of Pakistan MFN status: Commerce minister

MFN status was accorded to Pakistan in 1996 as per the stipulations of the World Trade Organisation and withdrawal of the same could be a long-drawn process

1 min read14 Oct 2016
Opinion

Leave Pakistan’s MFN status intact

India can legitimately claim the moral high ground in fulfilling WTO obligations while Pakistan does not

4 min read14 Oct 2016
Politics

Will review Most Favoured Nation status granted to Pakistan: India

India said it will review the MFN status granted to Pakistan by it based on the security and trade interests, asserting that terror cannot be the commodity exported

1 min read6 Oct 2016
Politics

An explainer: How India is bidding to choke Pakistan

Days after the Narendra Modi government reviewed the Indus water treaty, it is going to review the most favoured nation status accorded to Pakistan next week

3 min read29 Sep 2016
Politics

MFN or not, India-Pakistan trade remains ‘abysmally’ low: Assocham

Out of India's total merchandise trade of $641 billion in 2015-16, Pakistan accounted for a meagre $2.67 billion

1 min read25 Sep 2016
Politics

India may provide most favoured status to RCEP investors

Development marks significant easing of investment rules that could also become the template for future bilateral investments treaties

4 min read12 Oct 2015
Politics

India seeks most favoured nation status from Pakistan

As India did not hesitate in granting MFN status to Pakistan in 1996, Pakistan should not have a problem with this, says commerce ministry official

4 min read28 Jul 2014
Politics

Pakistan working to give India ‘most favoured nation’ status

Will work in this regard when the foreign secretaries meet in Islamabad on 25 August, says Pakistan foreign ministry official

1 min read24 Jul 2014
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