By then, the elections in Pakistan would be over and a new government will take charge. Pakistan was supposed to grant full MFN trade status to India in December 2012, but it deferred the decision.
“Hopefully by June-July, a new government will assume office in Pakistan and I am sure that the first priority of the new government would be giving the status,” said Commerce Secretary S R Rao, while addressing a conference on India-Pakistan trade organised by Icrier.
Commerce secretaries from India and Pakistan are expected to meet to take stock on the progress made in trade normalisation between the two neighbours.
The MFN issue is expected to figure prominently then.
Last year, it was decided that Pakistan would expand the number of items traded though the Attari-Wagah border from the current 137, while India would reduce the number of items in the sensitive list under the Safta (South Asian Free Trade Area) agreement and allow more goods from Pakistan.
However, nothing concrete
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