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Posts published in “Day: April 5, 2012

MFN status for India: KP businessmen want govt to consult them

PESHAWAR, April 4: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday supported the grant of most favoured nation (MFN) status to India but urged the government to consult all stakeholders on it. Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) organised the seminar on ‘Trade normalisation between Pakistan and India’ in collaboration with Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) here at the chamber. Former Pakistani ambassador to World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr Manzoor Ahmad educated participants on why…

The long, long wait for the bus in Kashmir: By AH Nizami in Express Tribune, Apr 5

MIRPUR: In Kashmir, two bus routes traverse the Line of Control (Loc) – Muzaffarabad-Srinagar and Rawalakot-Poonch – but residents face a minefield in the journey to receive a travel permit. Since the advent of the bus services in April 2005, thousands of people from both sides of the LoC apply for travel permits every year. The route is primarily for families divided by the border, though the application procedure is long and drawn out. Prospective…

Nisar assails Zardari’s proposed India visit: by Tahir Khalil in the News, April 5

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Chaudhary Nisar Ali assailed proposed tour of India by President Asif Ali Zardari. In a statement issued Wednesday, he said the presidentís visit without any agenda and without taking the parliament into confidence is against national respect and dignity.He said Asif Ali Zardari is not a common citizen who could go anywhere anytime. He said India is also not a common state that a Pakistani president visits it at will. He said…

UK-based Kashmiri group splits

LONDON: A UK based Kashmiri nationalist group has split in two factions after its leaders engaged in a war of words. President of Kashmir National Party, Mohammad Nazim Bhatti, said in a statement to this paper that he had “expelled basic membership of Dr Shabir Chaudhry from KNP”, also barring him from “using the name of any institution of the organization”. Bhatti alleged that “Dr Chaudhry was involved in damaging the struggle of Kashmiris and…