Pakistan can consider importing vegetables, other edible items from India: Finance Minister Ismail
The Hindu
Pakistan is witnessing a massive surge in the prices of various vegetables and fruits due to devastating floods
Pakistan's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on August 29 said the government can consider importing vegetables and other edible items from India following the destruction of standing crops due to massive floods, three years after Islamabad downgraded trade ties with New Delhi over the Kashmir issue.
Pakistan is witnessing a massive surge in the prices of various vegetables and fruits due to devastating floods as the supply of vegetables from Balochistan, Sindh and south Punjab has badly been affected because of the disaster.
Addressing a press conference, Finance Minister Ismail said that the government could "consider importing vegetables and other edible items from India" to facilitate people after recent floods destroyed crops across the country, state-owned Radio Pakistan reported.
He made the comment in response to a question.
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