Makhdoom Amin Fahim

A Pakistani court today ordered the arrest of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, and former minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, on charges of corruption for approving subsidies to fake companies, both are senior leaders of Pakistan People's Party.

An anti-corruption court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for a former Pakistani prime minister and a member of his cabinet for repeatedly failing to appear before a judge hearing corruption charges against them.

The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will field senior leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif for the election of the new prime minister in Parliament on June 5, rejecting a request to facilitate a unanimous vote.

The upcoming SAARC business conference scheduled at the end of this month became yet another casualty of the current Indo-Pak strained ties.

Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today expressed the hope that the foreign investment promotion board (FIPB) would clear the Swedish furniture major IKEA's proposal to set up cafeterias at its single-brand retail outlets.

Pakistan has delayed the grant of Most Favoured Nation-status to India along with abolition of a negative trade list regime "for a short time" because of reservations expressed by several industries, Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said.

The negative list regime for trade with India will be phased out by December after the move is approved by the federal cabinet, Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said.

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

Pakistan is organising the exhibition in India for the first time, which is expected to normalise trade relations between the two countries.

A Pakistani court today ordered the arrest of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, and former minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, on charges of corruption for approving subsidies to fake companies, both are senior leaders of Pakistan People's Party.

An anti-corruption court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for a former Pakistani prime minister and a member of his cabinet for repeatedly failing to appear before a judge hearing corruption charges against them.

The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will field senior leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif for the election of the new prime minister in Parliament on June 5, rejecting a request to facilitate a unanimous vote.

The upcoming SAARC business conference scheduled at the end of this month became yet another casualty of the current Indo-Pak strained ties.

Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today expressed the hope that the foreign investment promotion board (FIPB) would clear the Swedish furniture major IKEA's proposal to set up cafeterias at its single-brand retail outlets.

Pakistan has delayed the grant of Most Favoured Nation-status to India along with abolition of a negative trade list regime "for a short time" because of reservations expressed by several industries, Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said.

The negative list regime for trade with India will be phased out by December after the move is approved by the federal cabinet, Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said.

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

Pakistan is organising the exhibition in India for the first time, which is expected to normalise trade relations between the two countries.