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India declared MFN—A dream come true
By Riaz Ali Toori
Without cordial relations between Pakistan and India, peace in the Asian region would always remain a dream that can never translate into reality. Trade is the only thing on both sides of the border through which both nations could come in close contact. We know that war is not the solution for any problem and we have realized that in sixty and more years, war, exchange of harsh words and blame game have not been good for both countries. The “Trend of Hate” though deeply entrenched in the public of both the countries does not mean we cannot overturn the situation.
A historical move was made when on October 2nd in the meeting of Federal Cabinet of Pakistan, it was decided that “India is the Most Favoured Nation of Pakistan for Trade”. The decision has come at a time when terrorism in the region has strengthened its hold and the religious fundamentalists love to hate India. Similarly, within India, Hindu fanatic organizations and their followers do not favour amicable relations between India with Pakistan. But the Pakistan’s government led by Pakistan Peoples Party defied all the challenges and told the public on both sides that it was time to switch the “Trend of Hate” into “Trend of Love”.
The decision to declare India MFN was neither simple nor easy for the democratically elected government as it was fighting its war against terrorism in tribal areas and other parts of the country. It is a noteworthy step initiated by Pakistan to enhance bilateral ties between the two countries that had fought two major wars and many minor rifts. The move is a good omen demonstrative of reconciliatory relations between two nuclear-powered neighbours.
Lawmakers, diplomats, businessmen, human rights activists and peace lovers on both sides have welcomed the Pakistani decision expressing hope that it would not only enhance trade between the two countries and the region but also prove a milestone in confidence-building between the two nations as well and pave the road towards resolution of all fundamental conflicts.
Appreciating the government’s decision, Pakistan’s Ambassador in United States Mr. Hussain Haqqani says; “Afghan Transit Trade Agreement & MFN for India are important steps towards reorienting Pakistan from martial to mercantile state”.
Many experts are of the view that Pakistan’s decision of MFN status for India would not only contribute towards enhanced trade relations between the two countries, this important initiative would change the public’s sentiments of hatred for each other and would empower the region ensuring peace in the region.
MNA Ms.Farahnaz Ispahani the Presidential Adviser applauding the decision of her party’s government remarked that we needed peace in the region, the only thing that could encourage trade and thus empower the region, beat terrorism, fight fanaticism and boost Pakistan’s economy. She further said, “It is an historical and long awaited decision that will have a positive impact on our economies and strengthen ties between Pakistan and India.”
Famous columnist and expert on economy Ms. Huzaima Bukhari opined: “It is a positive move by the Government of Pakistan that should have been taken a long time back. We need to follow the example of European Union and try to strengthen the region. This move would definitely help to boost the trade and industry of both countries”.
Baqir Hussain Syed an expert from tribal areas says “For many it may be a compromise on the major conflict of Kashmir but for the sane it is a wise reciprocal step taken by the Government of Pakistan to boost economy in the larger interest of the country”.
For a long time, both the countries have experienced enmity & got nothing out of it. Since 1947, both countries have been at loggerheads, which have bred nothing but poverty, unemployment, terrorism, instability and everlasting catastrophes. Why are we incapable to understand that the division of the Sub-continent was not to fan hate mongering but to live in peace?
What did we reap in the wars of 1948, 1965 and 1971- nothing but loss of lives, fast deteriorating economy and instability of the region.
We must realize now that geographically, socio-economically, culturally as well as religiously no two countries of the world have so much in common as India and Pakistan.
Only bilateral trade and commercial ties between India and Pakistan can bring the two countries closer and engage in shared interests. With growth in business ties, both countries would work for the political and economic stability of each other and would certainly refrain from becoming part of any activities that could be harmful to regional peace. Trade can shun fears of war, ensure stability in the region, lend a hand in stemming terrorism and expand the scope for a solution to the Kashmir dispute.
Public and governments on both sides should now reject the culture of hate, blame game and stand united for the sake of regional peace and security. It is high time that this region is subjected to the much-needed prosperity that only peace and love can guarantee and the day is not far when the whole world would see a happier, progressive and prosperous Asia.
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Where (Caliph in waiting) Mr Imran Khan stand on this issue? Will Pakistani Islamists reverse this decision?
The real meaning of phrase “Most Favored Nation” is “Trade on equal terms”. There is nobody doing favor to the other.
Has Pakistan really granted MFN status to Inida ?
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-pakistan-most-favoured-nation-status-yousuf-raza-gilani/1/158774.html
What India needs from Pakistan is a reform of Pakistan’s school system and the hate-indoctrination that is given to the children there. Real MFN for India will come when pakistani children are not molested by being trained to hate India/hindus and hindu religions. If pakistani rulers get to be honest with their children then the MFN thing will be automatic. Far more important than the Kashmir issue is therefore the issue of the indoctrination and child molestation in pakistani schools.
Has Imran said anything about this real issue?
Why did god give so much money to muslims?
1)
So that the muslims cannot complain that islam failed because of lack of money.
2)
So that the pace of exposing the failures, defects and deficiencies of this arab religion is rapid.
It is working out like that.
hiob; There is an old Cree (American) Indian proverb that would apply here:
“Only after the last tree has been cut down; only after the last river has been poisoned; only after the last fish has been caught; only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.”
Lady Guinevere
to lady G.
You are very right.
But a religion created in the desert does not know trees, rivers and fish.
They don’t have the level of the Cree indians.
BTW: What a strike of luck that they too are called indians.
No wonder USA and Pakistan are (no, were) friends. Both nations are situated on lands snatched from the indians!
What a joke to grant Bunderstan(india)most favoured nation status by Pakistan?I call it a joke:-
1),Bunderstan granted MFN status to Pakistan long time ago.It didn’t
help Pakistan,as the bunderstanis created artificial bariars for
Pakistani traders.
2),They have a mindset to dominate Pakistan and try to destroy its
manufacture industry first as they trying to starve our water res
ources by building dams on the rivers,which are ours under Indus
River Agreement.
3),They want transit through Pakistan to Central Asia,while refusing
to give land routs to Bhutan,Nepal & Bangladesh to us.
4),Read the underlined prejuiduce against Islam & Pakistan from bunderstani people like hiob.
Shame on you letting bunderstanis to abuse our Religion and Culture.It is time the Pakistani government think twice before implimanting this ill conceived jesture to bunderstan at all.
to sardar khan
Islam was not created by pashtuns, so islam is not a pahstun religion. Under islam you (pashtuns, pakistanis, afghans) can only be bootlickers, underdogs, minions and quislings of arab marauders, racists and imperialists. Pakistan is proving this everyday. Even if you live in UK this mental slavery will remain on you and in you.
1)
Muslims create artificial barriers (with much bloodshed in them) for those muslims who wish to leave islam.
2)
Water that falls on India belongs to India.
3)
Pakistan wants various routes to export islamic fascism and muslim terrorists and looters – what else can Pakistan export?
4)
I don’t need to have any bias against islam – it is Pakistanis enthusiastically proving everyday that islam is fascistic, totalitarian, arab imnperialist. I get it by reading only pakistani newspapers.
The term “most favored nation” is perhaps a misnomer – in spite of how it sounds, in reality, no actual favors are granted. It is simply a trade status which allows the market to act more freely because less government interference occurs in trade matters. So in reality, it benefits the end-consumer – the absence of tariffs, etc. will make the goods cost less. As a result, the quality of life for the average consumer will hopefully improve. Countries which put trade restrictions end up hurting their own citizens the most, although in a less obvious way. Therefore, allowing MFN status is a common-sense thing to do if one cares about one’s own countrymen and it should be implemented in that spirit – any other side benefits (peace, etc.) are not likely to happen quickly, if at all.
MFN. Why is Pak establishment tying itself in knots on this issue ? Either they have given this status or they havent but each day a new version comes which has already robbed it of whatever significance it had.Sorry to say but India can do without trade with Pakistan but can Pakistan do without trade with India?Especially when the Americans are following their old use and throw policy.
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This note is deadiCAKED to the Hiob hiobhiob.
There is a Red Indian proverb: ‘before you judge someone walk in his moccasins for eight fur -long’.
If all the Brahmins dwelling in Greater Indian Subcontinent were repatriated back to HungARY, then a burning question would be where will the Hungarians go? A lot of Brahmins who voluntarily returned to their respective Fatherlands in Europe are being maltreated /ravaged there as gypsies…. akin to nearerhome shudders/’untouchables’.
Hiob, you are like a humourless hero of the hyped whom Pakistan needs, for example to straighten ought ‘The Loyal Servant of the PUN-JOB’ (Shahbaaz SharrREEF).
But, Stop in The Name of Love!
some silver linning also emerges from your Nathic, causa honoris jihad to uphold your endless mumbojumbo. This occurring as an unintended bonus … Thank God, that the Right Honorable Lady Guinevere has verily realized, at long last, that one cannot eat money and it is only good enough to purcha$e good$.
to geoffrey
Why humiliate brahimns on a pakistani-muslim website? How many brahmins are there in Pakistan? If any, are they any danger to Pakistan’s sturdy apparatus of spreading pro-islamic lies and molesting pakistani children with islam-glorifying mendacities.
You should know whom to humiliate where.
If you humiliate brahimns on a website by brahmins then I will go with you.
PTH is a pakistani muslim website. Here only problems caused by muslims in Pakistan (for pakistanis and non-pakistanis) are to be discussed. And that is a huge job ain’t it? In fact these problems will come to an end only if we go to their roots, and that is the finalism-fascism and totalitarianism that is inherent in islam, intrinsic to islam. A discussion that does not point that out is an illusion of a debate.
hiob you are a very stupid person you believe in a religion where
1. you believe in monkeys
2. you believe in cows
3. you go to temples to drink rat milk
4. you have people with 8 hands 8 faces and what not how weird
5. blue people is avatar a religious movie based on your hindu religion
hinduism just like budhis who also believe in a obese man that went so mad about his weigh sat under a tree so he could loose weight and ended up dead.
but the matter of fact is its idiots like you that dont see the real islam and just see what you indians are doing in our country.
all these terrorist attacks are caused by hindus we got the land fair because india were not strong enough to deal with pakistan.
I am born in UK and know a lot of indians one thing i can say about you guys are
1. you guys lead some screwed up life event the rich ones stink of crap that filthy sewer smell
2. I HATE INDIA
Asim,
Thanks for the laugh man. That was downright hilarious!
“budhis who also believe in a obese man that went so mad about his weigh sat under a tree so he could loose weight and ended up dead.”
haha!
“all these terrorist attacks are caused by hindus we got the land fair because india were not strong enough to deal with pakistan.
I am born in UK and know a lot of indians one thing i can say about you guys are
1. you guys lead some screwed up life event the rich ones stink of crap that filthy sewer smell”
BM, Don’t mess with asim, he is born in UK.
to asim
A hindu is supposed to see the good in every being and worship it. In one text it is said a human being has 24 gurus. It includes bees, snakes, birds, plants etc. etc.
We hindus tried to see the good in muslims also – but you muslims failed to come up to that standard. And you never will.
We do believe in monkeys, cows etc. and persons with 8 hands etc. and blue avatar etc. We don’t force others to do it. If a hindu stops believing in it then we don’t punish him. That is why hindu religions are by nature non-fascistic (apart from some exceptional cases). Unfortunately islam, in comparison to that, is fascistic in every aspect.
Since you have been islamically taught to hate India and hindus it is difficult for you to be a broad-minded, non-violent person. You must have noticed it yourself. I hope so at least.
Monotheism is by nature totalitarian and imperialist and hence also fascistic. This is especially the case with/in islam wherein this defect is maximized.
The kind of words that you write are normal among muslims. I was not surprised.
NC,
Well, Asim does deserve some praise for coming up this unique theory: that Budhha’s angst arose from nothing but a concern for his weight! I am still laughing…That may be partly true though. He was reputed to be a handsome man, over 6′ tall, in an age where people, on an average, were shorter, and more than one king offered him the command of their armies. What could be worse for a handsome prince to look himself in the mirror and see a generous paunch. Or, maybe, Yashodhara was a nagging wife. Infinite possibilities! And, how does one get rat’s milk!!! This is priceless stuff.
Well, UK is having worst stats in producing retard babies caused by the Rexinian Asimiyan high moral act of inbreeding supposedly sanctioned by their presiding deity. British government is paying big money from the treasury to have Ad camapaign aimed at Pakistanis to stop indulging in incestual marriages leading to the mental deficancy in baby produced by such union.Credit must be given to their liberal welfare system overloaded with particular illiterate community known for being hard worker in producing babies but not doing enough for their upbrining. Good news is now Brtish have gotton the right sense of differentiation in recognizing Pakistani as the purest Muslims born from Arabic genetic donation and not confusing Kaffir Asians with them.
Islam wanted expansion and got Pakistani as reward and British wanted to keep “a portion of Indian land ” under control and got Pakistan and Pakistani amidst them as the best, most productive, constructive citizens with extremely innovative ways to exploit welfare system. Karma is indeed a bitch and sooner or latter get you.
Sachbol,
“producing retard babies caused by the Rexinian Asimiyan high moral act of inbreeding”
Baby, did you ever look in the mirror?
Bade Miyan wrote:
You’ve never seen the other guy! You don’t know how he looks! He is probably an Indian, and may not look all too different than say a Bengali!
Now if you are raising aspersions on his looks, then obviously you must be someone who really hates your own looks and look at Pakistanis as people with “better” looks. Now that is your own inferiority complex and your own problem! Why do you believe everybody must share your problem!
You don’t like the way you look, you can go the Michael Jackson way and get your new skin grafts and a new nose! But then again that is your thing.
So what is with telling people to look in the mirror? Eh?
Yes and And saw the reflection of a Dhimmi Bade Miyan who will deny the actual fact to justify his Dhimminess. It is people like you who will cause the further loss of Indic territory. Let me ask BM, Do you want inbreeding as a norm in India where blood relations are considred extremely sacred or you want to push back Indians to the Animalistic awareness level where human relations are defined only by the sex organs and needs ?
Raj,
Most psychologists would characterize your behavior as arising out of deep seated inferiority complex, from the random abuse you shower on Muslims. You can’t change the past. I can only imagine how heartbreaking it must be to find Sheikhu Pehelwan plying your wife but you should accept some responsibility too. If you are not sick with flu or something, you shouldn’t spend too much time in front of the comp. Scientists have confirmed that it interferes with one’s libido and gives one a flat ass. It just looks ugly. Work on it, bro.
When you don’t have any arguments anymore then just close the topic. Don’t sonk into low-level bad conversations.
Bade Miyan,
like always you prove that you’re really out of the gutter. No need to bring in family members. You can’t take me on so you go for the women, eh? Most pathetic!
From your Dhimminess, it is obvious you’re projecting your inferiority complex viz-a-viz the Muslims to all others. Just ask the Indians here the question, who has the inferiority complex.
There is no Sheikhu Pehelwan! It is all some Islamic propaganda and your fertile imagination! Every Muslim calls himself Sheikhu Pehelwan, you believe him, make a hole in his chaddi, and crawl in into his ass to find your coward self some security. Or have you been opening your own legs for every Muslim bhaiya walking on the street.
Your imaginary Sheikhu Pehelwaan surrendered with 90,000 of his tight-assed troops to Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora!
It is just your outspoken Dhimmitude and from a few cowards like you, that the Pakis believe Indians are easy to subdue.
Ja chutiye, aur choos Paki lund! Apne-aap ko Indian kyon kehta hai, do takke ke aadmi!
to raj
Do justice to your name and be above such as this.
Quislings don’t want self-respect. And quislings’ quislings are even deeper down on their knees.
You have read the language coming from some who post on the PTH.
An ideology created in Makkah should not rule over the indian subcontinent and determine anything here. That is the basic truth which quislings and their quislings do not wish to practise.
That is plain evident now. Big discussions are then unnecessary. They accuse me of repetitions and rants and being a broken record etc. But how else and what else needs be said? The “land of the pure” will be doing much more “pure” damage to human kind – that is their and our fate.
salam sir! i have a little bit confussion on the point that pakistan decleared india as a most favourite nation for trade..is this possible that through trade pakistan and india come closer to each other on aall aspects??as wee all know that the public and govtt of both the countries considered themselves enemies rather then neighbours,if we are enemies thn how it would be possible that due to trade vee come closer??