Indo-Pak day two trade talks

NEW DELHI: Indo-Pak day two trade talks that kicked off here for the implementation of the trade decisions earlier taken by the prime ministers of the two countries on the sideline of the Saarc summit, KMW Team reported.
Pakistan’s Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood is leading his country’s delegation, while the Indian delegation is headed by Rahul Khullar.
Sources said that Pakistan delegation members visiting Goa has been dropped from their itinerary.
Sources further said that it has been decided to start the New Delhi trade talks from the same position where it had been left after the secretary-level talks between the two countries held on April27-28, 2011.
A senior official of the ministry of commerce said that Pakistan and India talks in New Delhi would be on the basis of equality.
Sources said that Pakistan would press for lifting tariff and non-tariff barriers that currently exist on its exports of different products including cement and textile and only then Pakistan would allow imports of Indian goods nearly 2,000 included in its positive list relating to India.