Islamabad: Two senior Pakistani ministers have backed the government's move to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India amid the ambiguity and confusion over the process.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, both from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, welcomed the move to grant MFN status in public comments.
Malik said the measure "would have a positive impact on bilateral relations".
Mukhtar, a businessman who owns the Servis Group, said that granting MFN status to India would have "positive impacts on the economy of both countries".
Mr Malik told reporters outside parliament on Thursday that he personally believed good relations between neighbouring countries always had a positive impact on bilateral relations.
The move to grant MFN status has been welcomed by several trade lobbies in Pakistan.
The move "would have positive economic and political impacts on the relations of both the countries", PIBC chairman Noor Muhammad Kausuri said.
Increasing contacts between the two countries would help improve the standard of life of common people and bring progress and prosperity, Kasuri said.
In the emerging economic scenario worldwide, Pakistan cannot live in isolation in the region, he said.
The entire trade liberalisation process must be linked to the removal of non-tariff barriers by the Indian government, he added.
During the finalization of a roadmap for normalising trade with India, the interests of the Pakistani business community should be safeguarded, Malik said.
However, the Jamaat-e-Islami has opposed any move to give Indian MFN-status.
Jameet leader Syed Waseem Akhtar said such a measure would undermine Pakistans solidarity and affect its economy.
The move would "create more hurdles for the solution of the Kashmir issue", he claimed.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, both from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, welcomed the move to grant MFN status in public comments.
Malik said the measure "would have a positive impact on bilateral relations".
Mukhtar, a businessman who owns the Servis Group, said that granting MFN status to India would have "positive impacts on the economy of both countries".
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Mr Malik told reporters outside parliament on Thursday that he personally believed good relations between neighbouring countries always had a positive impact on bilateral relations.
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The move to grant MFN status has been welcomed by several trade lobbies in Pakistan.
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The move "would have positive economic and political impacts on the relations of both the countries", PIBC chairman Noor Muhammad Kausuri said.
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Increasing contacts between the two countries would help improve the standard of life of common people and bring progress and prosperity, Kasuri said.
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In the emerging economic scenario worldwide, Pakistan cannot live in isolation in the region, he said.
The entire trade liberalisation process must be linked to the removal of non-tariff barriers by the Indian government, he added.
During the finalization of a roadmap for normalising trade with India, the interests of the Pakistani business community should be safeguarded, Malik said.
However, the Jamaat-e-Islami has opposed any move to give Indian MFN-status.
Jameet leader Syed Waseem Akhtar said such a measure would undermine Pakistans solidarity and affect its economy.
The move would "create more hurdles for the solution of the Kashmir issue", he claimed.
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