Stating that India had taken the step forward for achieving shared prosperity and economic growth with its neighbour, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday said that it was now Pakistan’s turn to reciprocate by opening up new land trading routes.
“We have taken steps to create an environment which will help towards bringing stability and peace in the region. Now Pakistan should implement its part of the roadmap and open new land trade routes and also allow the items in the positive list to be traded through these routes including Wagah border. It should also expand the scope of items to be traded through the land route,’’ he said.
By allowing investment by Pakistan citizens and companies in India, we have exhibited our resolve to stick to the roadmap decided between the two countries, he added.
Mr. Sharma said India was only taking forward the process of strengthening the economic engagement under the roadmap drawn up last September and taken further during his visit to Pakistna in February.
Keywords: India-Pakistan trade ties, Pakistan FDI, India-Pak relations
Now and then they will bring the time-expired Kashmir issue to the front
burner.Some sabre-rattling, some brave talk, some threats and then peace
talks. We are used to that and so are the Pakistanis. The parallel
efforts to normalize must go on. It is good for both countries.
Here we go again,expecting Pakistan to reciprocate.Reciprocate with
what?Terrorism and Bomb blasts,that's the best they can do and have
always done.No point in allowing them to invest in Indian market as they
will use those profits to fund some more attacks and terrorist cells.
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