Saarc FMs meet focused on trade, tax avoidance pacts: Das
Money Control, 29 August, 2016
The Saarc Finance Ministers meeting concluded in Islamabad. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not attend the conference because of political reasons. More…
SAARC members agree to remove hindrances in bilateral trade, improve travel facilities
Dunya News, 26 August, 2016
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The eighth two-day South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Conference meeting of finance ministers took place in Islamabad on Friday as SAARC members agreed to remove hindrances in bilateral trade and improve travel facilities, reported Dunya News. More…
Lack of connectivity hits inter-regional trade in South Asia: UNESCAP official
The Hindu Business Line, 26 August, 2016
Lack of connectivity is a major reason behind low inter-regional trade in South Asia, according to Nagesh Kumar, Head South and South-West Asia of the United Nations Economic and Social Commissions for Asia and the Pacific or UNESCAP. More…
Trade deficit with SAARC nations rises
The Himalayan, 11 August, 2016
The country witnessed a trade deficit with all the trading partners in the SAARC region except Afghanistan in fiscal 2015-16. According to the data recently unveiled by the Department of Customs (DoC) the country is gradually losing trade surplus with trading partners in the region. More…