<p>Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said "October next year is the timeframe which has been given" for granting MFN status to India.<br /><br />He was responding to a question during yesterday's weekly news briefing on the latest status of the Pakistan government's move to grant MFN status to India.<br /><br />Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan had recently announced during a news conference that the cabinet had conferred the status to India but the government subsequently clarified that the process was yet to be completed.<br /><br />Basit said the Commerce Ministry is working on the issue and a decision will be made "in sync with our interest and WTO rules".<br /><br />"The decision in principle was taken by the cabinet. Details as to how MFN status will be granted, the nitty-gritty are being worked out," he said.<br /><br />Following talks between their Commerce Ministers, India and Pakistan recently unveiled a slew of measures to normalise trade relations and to boost trade from USD two billion to USD six billion in three years.</p>
<p>Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said "October next year is the timeframe which has been given" for granting MFN status to India.<br /><br />He was responding to a question during yesterday's weekly news briefing on the latest status of the Pakistan government's move to grant MFN status to India.<br /><br />Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan had recently announced during a news conference that the cabinet had conferred the status to India but the government subsequently clarified that the process was yet to be completed.<br /><br />Basit said the Commerce Ministry is working on the issue and a decision will be made "in sync with our interest and WTO rules".<br /><br />"The decision in principle was taken by the cabinet. Details as to how MFN status will be granted, the nitty-gritty are being worked out," he said.<br /><br />Following talks between their Commerce Ministers, India and Pakistan recently unveiled a slew of measures to normalise trade relations and to boost trade from USD two billion to USD six billion in three years.</p>