Cabinet shuts down plans to import cotton, sugar from India: sources
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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet on Thursday rejected an Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) suggestion to import cotton yarn and sugar from India, sources said.
The decision to turn down the proposal was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, hours after Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari said cabinet will review the ECC's decisions related to trade with India.
Taking to Twitter, the minister had said it is only after the cabinet's approval that the decision will be considered "approved by the government".