External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation at the SCO Summit in the first visit by an Indian foreign minister to Pakistan since 2015. While Pakistan is keen to put its best face, the SCO Summit is taking place under the shadow of terrorist attacks and political upheaval.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, stated that trade relations between Islamabad and New Delhi have been on hold since 2019. This suspension is attributed to India's implementation of significant tariffs on imports from Pakistan following the Pulwama attack.
Pakistan has been insisting that the onus of improving the ties was on India and urging it to undo its "unilateral" steps in Kashmir as a sort of pre-condition to start the talks.
"The suspension of trade relations will hit Pakistan more badly as India is less dependent on Pakistan while the latter is more," Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Director General Ajay Sahai said.
New Delhi: After dithering on grant of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status on India, Pakistan today sought to link the issue with market access saying it wants level playing field to promote trade ties with
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