Iran lifts ban from Pakistani Rice imports
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The National Assembly resumed its session in Islamabad on Monday afternoon with Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in the chair.
The National Assembly was informed on Monday that new factories of Urea are being set up in the country to meet the increasing demand of the fertilizer in the country.
Parliamentary Secretary for Commerce Najeebuddin Awaisi told the House during question hour that during the last four years 2.24 million metric ton of Urea worth 876 million dollars has been imported. He said no urea was exported from the country during the last four years.
To a question, the Parliamentary Secretary said there is no restriction on import of rice from Pakistan by the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
He said the Iranian government imposes a seasonal ban on the import of rice every year from July to December in order to protect their domestic growers but this year due to unknown reasons the ban was lifted last month.
