Pakistan has decided in principle to grant the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said, citing a number of achievements in bilateral ties.
Khar made the remarks while speaking during question hour in the national assembly or lower house of parliament on Wednesday evening. She did not provide details as to when the matter would be finalised. India bestowed MFN status on Pakistan in 1996.
Pakistani commerce minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, who led a high-level business delegation to India last month, had said in Mumbai that there was a strong opinion in his country that India should be given the Most Favoured Nation status. Khar said the India-Pakistan dialogue process had been resumed after a gap of two years. "We want progress on not just one but a number of issues with India on permanent basis besides normalization of overall bilateral relations," she added.
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