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Pakistan: Blasphemy law and the economic pitfalls
Pakistan s business community has expressed concern over a possible revocation of the EU s preferential trade status. The country s economy is under pressure from the COVID crisis and the government s mismanagement.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan finds himself in a difficult situation after the EU Parliament passed a unanimous resolution last week to review its preferential trade agreement with Pakistan over the country s controversial blasphemy law.
One the one hand, the EU s GSP+ status is economically beneficial for the country, on the other, blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue both religiously and politically.