“However, in our neighbouring country India, the price of sugar is quite cheap,” he said. “Hence, we have decided to resume sugar trade with India“.
He said the measure would help bring down sugar prices in Pakistan and provide relief to the poor.
Azhar had said the demand for cotton in Pakistan was also increasing and the country needed the product in a large amount. He said Pakistan had not produced quality cotton last year hence it had given the green signal for the product to be imported from other countries around the globe.
Pakistan‘s Economic Coordination Council is a top decision-making body in the country.
This decision came after a meeting was called by the Pakistan Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. This decision to allow imports from India could be a step towards reviving suspended trade between the two countries.
Recently, the Armies of India and Pakistan reinforced the ceasefire followed by talks on the Indus water treaty in New Delhi.
Letters were also exchanged between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan. First, PM Modi wrote a letter greeting Khan on Pakistan‘s National Day, now he responded with proposed result-oriented talks.
However, during the ‘Heart of Asia’ conference, where External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi were present, they did not hold any bilateral meet. (ANI)