In a dramatic U-turn, the Pakistani cabinet has deferred the import of sugar and cotton from India. The flip flop came a day after the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet had given approval for import of white sugar from India up to 500,000 metric tonne till June 30, and import of cotton till the date.

Flip flop! Pakistan makes a U-turn on import of cotton, sugar from India, citing Kashmir

The gradual restoration of bilateral trade ties between India-Pakistan has brightened after the new ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control in February. Amid fears of a shortage of industrial input in textile production, the Textile ministry of Pakistan has recommended the lifting of a ban on the import of cotton from India to bridge the raw material shortfall the country’s textile sector was facing.

Pakistan’s Textile Ministry asks Imran Khan govt to lift ban on import of cotton from India

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Flip flop! Pakistan makes a U-turn on import of cotton, sugar from India, citing Kashmir

Pakistan’s Textile Ministry asks Imran Khan govt to lift ban on import of cotton from India