Indo-Pak tariff dispute to be resolved by commerce ministers
The India-Pakistan dispute over tariff concession under the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement will be settled in the SAARC Commerce Ministers' meet before the next SAARC Summit scheduled to be held in India on April 3-4, 2007. This was announced by Bangladesh's Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan who chaired the 27th session of the SAARC Council of Ministers,
Bangladesh newspapers reported today that the Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistanwere engaged in a war of words over a circular issued by Pakistan restricting imports from India.