Federal Government hints at opening imports from India
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*ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has hinted at importing vegetables and other edible items from India after recent floods destroyed crops across the country. *
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Miftah Ismail said that the government can consider importing vegetables and other edible items from India to facilitate people in wake of the destruction of standing crops in Pakistan due to recent floods.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan downgraded its diplomatic and trade relations link with India in reaction to New Delhi’s illegal annexation of Occupied Kashmir.
On August 5, India’s BJP government moved a bill in the upper house of the parliament (Rajaya Sabha) to remove Article 370 from the Indian constitution amid opposition members’ protest.
It was later signed by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind, stripping the state of Kashmir off its special status and turning it into a Union Territory with the legislature.
Talking to journalists today, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail also criticised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its leaders for allegedly sabotaging the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.
