Pakistan can consider the importation of vegetables and other foods in India to help people deal with widespread destruction of crops in recent sudden floods, said Pakistani finance minister, Miftah Ishmail on Monday. Ismail made the comments during an interaction with the journalists in Islamabad that was organized to present the opinions of the Shehbaz Sharif government about the movements of the leaders of former Prime Minister Imran Khan for Stymie Pakistan to ensure a rescue package of the Monetary Fund International.
While answering a question of a journalist, Ismail said that the Pakistan government can consider the importation of vegetables and other edible articles of India to facilitate people after the destruction of permanent crops in recent floods, according to Radio Pakistan state. The minister did not give details. Another journalist then interrogated Ismail about the Pakistani ministers who had favored trade with India having to resign. Ismail responded to this by saying: “If people have to go home to protect themselves from inflation, then it’s fine. While I am working to improve the economy, I hope not to be fired. ”
He said that the food supply is likely, such as fruits and vegetables, is affected due to floods. “If the supply is affected, the import of vegetables will have to open. If we have to import vegetables from India, we will do it, ”he said. In August 2019, Pakistan suspended all trade with India as part of the measures aimed at retaliation against New Delhi’s decision to discard the special state of Jammu and Kashmir. At the same time, Pakistan reduced diplomatic ties with India and expelled the Indian envoy in Islamabad.
In early 2019, India withdrew the most favored nation status granted to Pakistan as part of his response to a suicidal attack in pulwama that killed 40 Indian soldiers. That attack was blamed for Jaish-E-Mohammed (JEM) based in Pakistan. The former Imran Khan government announced a measure for the limited resumption of trade with India in April 2021, but made a turn in U only one day later due to the opposition to the proposal of intransigents within the cabinet.
