Trade With India

TRADE WITH INDIA:

The article below is not from DAWN or THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE but an Urdu newspaper. Still the insights are worth it!

SOME SUMMARY POINTS FOR ENGLISH READING AUDIENCE (DO READ THE WHOLE URDU ARTICLE IN ANY CASE - DOWNLOAD IT)

- India’s final decision on the project Iran, Pakistan, India Gas Pipeline 
- Pakistan to buy 1000 Mega Watt Electricity from India in spite of this
- Consider the stance of one of India’s largest organization TATA Group. TATA issued one of the biggest tenders in its history for the renovation of its hotels across the world

• Few Pakistani companies also stepped forward and showed interest in it
• Two billionaires from Pakistani arrived at TATA’s head office in Mumbai India
• They were told to wait for a few minutes but after 3 and a half hours of waiting, a message from TATA’s chairman Ratan Tata came via his secretary that he is very busy and hence cannot meet them.
• The Pakistani businessmen requested for appointment for some other time as they would still be in Mumbai, but they were told the Chairman is very busy.
• After being disappointed, the Pakistani traders went to New Delhi and narrated their story at the Indian High Commission.
• For the High Commissioner, these two entrepreneurs were very important, so he contacted India’s Trade Minister Anand Sharma and apprised him about the whole story.
• Anand Sharma called RatanTata and requested him to allow the Pakistanis to participate in Tender. He said the whole affair will not leave a good impression in the trade circles of Pakistan and will be a matter of shame for Indian government. Ratan Tata just snubbed the Trade Minister in return that it was not a matter of shame for him and terminated the call.
• The TATA affair is just one example of the LOVE in the hearts of Indian Traders for Pakistan and Pakistanis.
• On the other hand, there are some “Patriotic” Pakistanis as well who are getting thousands of power generators from India and are becoming millionaires by putting the label of “Made In China” on them.
• The story of TATA does not end here.  The two Pakistani traders returned to country and made more efforts by contacting various departments in India but they were not entertained. The government of Pakistan also made several requests but they were turned down.
• In spite of this degrading attitude from TATA, Pakistan government still pursued TATA group and made an order for vehicles TATA SUMO’s from the group. But TATA group refused to give them any vehicle.
• The whole Indian nation congratulated TATA group for being so patriotic and this line started being circulated in Social Media, “Awake Indian Countrymen, Nation is above everything else…”
• Still Pakistan rulers say that they will buy electricity from India and will take help from India otherwise also, because we are ALL ONE on both sides of border. And that it is those wearing military uniforms who are not making all of us ONE!