PAKISTAN MEAT EXPORTERS HOPE IRAN IMPORT BAN WILL BE LIFTED SOON

Pakistani meat exporters are optimistic that the Iranian government will lift an import ban imposed in early 2014 on Pakistan-produced meat following a meeting on Wednesday (April 22) between the country’s trade ministers.Khurram Dastagir Khan, Pakistan’s commerce minister and Mohammed Reza Nematzadeh, Iran’s minister for industry, mines and trade met in Tehran at a scheduled session of the Pakistan Iran joint trade committee. The two ministers tried to build on the goodwill generated during Iran foreign minister Javad Zarif’s visit to Islamabad earlier ...


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