Pulwama attack: Withdrawing MFN status to Pak won't hurt Islamabad too much

Granting Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to Pakistan has helped India more than Pakistan over the years

In the wake of the Pulwama suicide bombing in the Kashmir valley that has killed  40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, India decided to withdraw Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to Pakistan. India had granted MFN status to Pakistan in 1996, a year after the formation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). According to Article 1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT), which was the predecessor of the WTO, no nation would discriminate against any other with respect to trade. This meant that any favour, immunity or privilege extended by one country to another would be