MFN status to India by Oct, says Pak

December 09, 2011 16:09

In other news, Pakistan could grant the Most Favoured Nation status to India by October next year, a senior official of the Foreign Ministry said here.
Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said "October next year is the timeframe which has been given" for granting MFN status to India. He was responding to a question during yesterday's weekly news briefing on the latest status of the Pakistan government's move to grant MFN status to India.

On November 26, the Pakistani terror organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawah, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, had organised a rally to protest the Most Favoured Nation-status to India.

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