Pakistan to declare India Most Favoured Nation: Khar

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Wednesday said that Pakistan had made a principled decision to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, Geo News reported.

To a question posed to the Foreign Minister in a point of order during National Assembly session, she said: "A principled decision has been taken to declare India as Most Favoured Nation," adding, however, that Pakistan wanted Kashmiris to be taken on board in the consultative process.

Hina Rabbani Khar said positive signals were being received in connections with the outstanding disputes with India.

"We want progress on not just one but a number of issues with India on permanent basis besides normalization of overall bilateral relations," she added.