Normalisation of trade ties: Waiting for Pak to act, says govt

The government today said that a roadmap for normalisation of bilateral trade relations between India and Pakistan has remained unimplemented as the latter has not been able to remove all restrictions on trade through Wagah-Attari land route.
In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. (retd) VK Singh said that during the last round of commerce secretary-level talks in Islamabad on Sept. 20-21, 2012, Pakistan had agreed to a roadmap for normalisation of bilateral trade relations with India.
That included transitioning to MFN status for India in accordance with Pakistan's obligations under WTO, Singh said.

"As Pakistan was not able to take the first step as per the roadmap, that is, ensure removal of all restrictions on trade through the Wagah-Attari land route, the sequential roadmap has remained unimplemented," the minister said.