The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has welcomed the WTO waiver for EU concessions granted to certain textile exports from Pakistan. The PBC in its statement issued here on Thursday recalled that the move to request the EU for a short time market access came about at a meeting that the PBC had with the President of Pakistan in August 2010 which was held to review post flood rehabilitation measures.
At the request of the President of Pakistan, a PBC team comprising its members; namely Bashir Ali Mohammad and Shabbir Diwan accompanied the then Foreign Minister and Zafar Mahmood, Secretary Commerce to the major European Capitals and Brussels in September 2010 to plead Pakistan's case.
The PBC noted that though it had taken nearly 18 months for the concessions to materialise it in no way demeans the sustained efforts of the President of Pakistan, as well as those of the Foreign Minister Ms Hina Rabbani Khar, the Minister of Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim, the Secretary Foreign Affairs Salman Bashir, the Secretary Commerce Zafar Mahmood, Tariq Puri Chairman of TDAP as well as the PBC members led by Bashir Ali Mohammad.-PR
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