LoC tension: No MFN-status for India for now, says Pak

August 13, 2013 08:43

Amid a spike in tensions over clashes along the Line of Control, Pakistan said it has no immediate plans to give Most Favoured Nation-status to India as there is a need to normalise bilateral relations.

Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, a close aide of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, said the government was not considering any proposal to grant MFN-status to India.

"Giving MFN-status immediately is not under consideration," Dar told Geo News channel last night.

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