Pakistan reversed decision to import sugar and cotton from India
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New Delhi: Islamabad on Thursday reportedly reversed its decision to import sugar and cotton from India, a day after Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Council said embargos on Indian imports had been lifted.
According to news reports the “swift U-turn came on the back of a political backlash.
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