Islamabad: Trade with India remains unchanged despite tensions in the bilateral ties, Pakistan’s Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir has said, amid reports that a huge quantity of Indian raw cotton had been put on hold at Karachi Port.
Dastgir made the remarks at the Senate Standing Committee on Textile Industry in response to a question raised by Committee Chairman Senator Mohsin Aziz, who said a huge quantity of Indian raw cotton had been put on hold at Karachi Port, state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported.
Responding to the question, Dastgir, on Thursday, said that the government has not issued any notification in this regard. However, he said the government has put restriction of importing 500,000 cotton bales in a year through Wagah border while there was not any such restriction on Karachi port. Pakistan this year surpassed Bangladesh to become India’s top cotton buyer. –PTI
