Islamabad(News Pulse)Escalation genocide in the Indian Occupied Kashmir is a a gross violation of all UN and international conventions on Human Rights.
Senate Standing Committee on Commerce and Textile in its meeting has unanimously passed a resolution. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi here at the Parliament House on Thursday and was attended among others by Senators Aurangzeb Khan, Nauman Wazir Khattak and officials from the ministry.
The global leadership in particular to take strict notice of the sustained killing, rape and arson across the Indian Occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir, with particular focus on the recent use of cluster bombs along the LOC.
The resolution also reaffirmed its unconditional support for the Kashmiri people and condemned the move by India to unilaterally alter the special status of Kashmir.
It wholeheartedly supported the decision of the government of Pakistan to suspend all bilateral trade and commercial activities with India, and invest the committee’s confidence in any such decisions by Pakistan in support of the innocent victims of the held-Kashmir.
The Committee stressed upon the member nations of the territory to declare India as a rogue member whose intentions indicate that it does not stand for regional stability and world peace, which goes against the very charter of the UN.
The meeting was given a briefing on order worth 1 Billion US$ received from China for import of sugar, yarn and rice. Members of the Committee were of the view that whenever those in position of policy decisions are in consultations with foreign delegations on the matters of exports and imports or trade any and all commitments they make should be based on informed opinion and they should not give statements off the cuff and should give consideration to consulting the stakeholders first.
The Committee was told that there is no hiccup in export office and sgar but some problems are being faced in yarn export.
The Committee also strongly recommended conducted a thorough study as to what are Pakistan’s requirements from our Free Trade Agreements, which countries fulfil our requirements best and then sign FTAs with those countries.
The Committee was also given a briefing on the draft e-commerce policy of Pakistan which is aimed at making payment settlements for small entrepreneurs of the country.
The meeting was told that freelancers working in different parts of the country and providing services to clients globally are facing issues in receiving their payments against their work because there is no registered e-commerce mechanism. This policy framework will serve the purpose and a close coordination with Pakistan Post will take it beyond just payments but will process delivery of orders as well.
