Anand Sharma In Pakistan

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  Congress Attacks Centre On Permitting Pakistan Probe Team To Visit Pathankot

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  PM Modi's Pak Visit Aimed At Promoting Private Business Interests: Congress

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  Sushma Swaraj to Visit Islamabad Today, Pakistan Welcomes Talks

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  BJP Government Humiliates Critics: Congress

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• India to allow foreign direct investment from Pakistan, says Commerce Minister

  The move will pave the way for industries from the neighbouring country to set up businesses in the growing Indian market.

• India to allow FDI from Pakistan: Anand Sharma

  Improving the economic ties between the two nations, India today said it will allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from Pakistan, paving the way for industries from the neighbouring country to set up businesses in the growing Indian market.

• India-Pakistan visa rules to be eased

  India and Pakistan today took a big step forward in strengthening trade relationship by easing visa rules. The move is aimed at normalising trade ties by the end of the year. The revised visa agreement will facilitate movement of people, particularly businessmen of both the countries.

• India, Pakistan to dismantle trade barriers

  Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, accompanied by business leaders of more than 100 Indian companies, on Monday, walked into Pakistan through the Wagah border, vowing to bring down barriers hampering trade and facilitate economic engagement between the two neighbors that would see bilateral commerce doubling to $6 billion in the next three years.

• Commerce Minister Anand Sharma in Pakistan to boost trade ties

  In a historic visit to boost Indo-Pak trade ties, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is leading a delegation of over 100 business leaders to Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. He is also likely to meet Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during the four-day visit. The two sides will discuss ways of normalising trade relations, easing visa rules, assessing th...

• Pakistan to announce steps to boost trade ties: Anand Sharma

  As per the mutually agreed road map, Pakistan is committed to shifting its trade regime with India from the Positive List (PL) to Negative List (NL), thus allowing multi-fold increase in access to Indian Goods in the Pakistani market.

• Anand Sharma heads for Pakistan, eyes $10 billion trade in three years

  The delegations will visit Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad for close interaction with Pakistani CEOs and officials in what is being described as a "landmark initiative" for removing the barriers so that the volume of two-way trade reaches its potential of $10 billion in the next three years