‘Pakistan Considers Restoring Trade with India Despite Strained Relations’.
ISLAMABAD — Tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi continue unabated but lately Pakistan’s newly appointed foreign minister Ishaq Dar hinted at restoring trade ties.
As, almost everyone in this world knows that the relation between Pakistan and India is not normal and the residence of these countries hates each other for no reason. I don’t know why these countries are kept fighting and achieve nothing.
This endless hate for each other led them to disaster many times and for the sake of both countries and betterment of the economy of the country it is necessary to start trade between the and two Neighbours and the two nuclear powers of the subcontinent region.
The trade between both countries is suspended for more than 5 years and yet it seems difficult to restore it but now the governments are trying to resume the trading.
The trade between nuclear-armed neighbors was suspended by Pakistan in 2019 in response to New Delhi’s revocation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Since then, there have been no formal trade relations between the two sides.
Lately, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar hinted at reconsidering trade ties with India. Dar, a close aide of Nawaz Sharif, said Pakistani business community was interested in the trade with India and the government would examine the possibility by holding consultations with all stakeholders over the issue.
Dar made the rare statement during his London visit. He highlighted the challenges after Modi government’s actions in August 2019 regarding Indian occupied Kashmir.
The minister mentioned that imports from New Delhi continues through third-party countries, incurring additional costs. The minister expressed a willingness to consider resuming trade, emphasizing the need for consultation and coexistence with India, as changing neighbors is not an option.
