Pakistan’s economy rebounded strongly during the current fiscal year and posted a growth of around four per cent, which is substantially higher than the previous two years.
Salman Khan
KARACHI: Commerce Adviser Razak Dawood on Monday said Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan during July-April 2021 have grown by 15 per cent to $869 million from $754 million a year ago.
“MOC [Ministry of Commerce] is glad to share that Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan during Jul-Apr 2021 have grown by 15% to USD 869 million as compared to USD 754 million during Jul-Apr 2020. The exports of Fruits, Vegetables, Meat, Dairy products, Chemicals, Electrical equipment, Machinery, Paper & Paperboard have contributed to this increase. We continue to encourage legal, secure, transparent, consistent & reliable trade with Afghanistan. Exporters are urged to aggressively market their exports to Afghanistan. We also commend the efforts of MOC’s Trade & Investment Counsellor & urge him to provide even greater facilitation to our exporters,” Mr Dawood said in a series of posts on social media platform Twitter.
Supporters of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan disperse after police fired tear gas during a protest in Lahore on April 13. AFP
There is no NCOC for TLP. This unfortunate point was brought home repeatedly in the last three days as violent cadres of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) unleashed mayhem across the length and breadth of the country. In the absence of a National Command and Operations Centre for such situations recall the centralised control and decisive action from the NCOC for Covid-19 the government appeared adrift. In fact, it was absent. Somewhere deep within the bowels of the Red Zone, men and women of power dithered, and vacillated, and dillydallied, untethered as they were from the steel frame of a hierarchical, clearly demarcated and un-overlapping decision-making structure.
Govt mulls cotton import from Uzbekistan
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April 11, 2021
KARACHI: The government is considering an option to import cotton from Uzbekistan via land routes after it took back a decision of its import from India, Commerce Adviser Razak Dawood said, as textile exporters want government to take decisive steps amid 40 percent drop in the crop output.
The adviser assured value-added textile exporters during a meeting earlier this week that he’d take up the demand of textile exporters on duty-free imports via lands, ban on yarn exports or duty on its exports with the authorities, Jawed Biwani, chairman Pakistan Apparel Forum told The News.
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