Indo-Pak issues hijack SAARC agenda

Persisting ambiguity over the possibility of an Indo-Pak dialogue taking place on the sidelines of next week's SAARC summit in Bhutan, has once again hijacked attention from broader and more......

We cannot be disconnected within SAARC: PM

Foreign Secretary Shayam Saran on Saturday expressed surprise over the sudden glitches over admitting Afghanistan as the eighth member of the South Asian Association for Regional......

SAFTA finalised; comes into effect on Jan 1

In a major effort to promote regional trade, India and six other South Asian countries have finalised the agreement on free trade area, which will come into effect from January 1.Commerce and......

SAFTA comes into force on Jan 1, 2006

The government on Wednesday said that the South Asia Free Trade Area Agreement that envisages phased tariff liberalisation will come into force from January 1, 2006."In two years, non-Least......

Saarc falters on aid package for poor nations

With less than two months to go before the South Asia Free Trade Agreement becomes operational from January 1, 2006, member countries have so far failed to reach an agreement on the mechanism to......

Safta: Panacea for South Asia

With the committee of experts of the SAARC Countries having resolved all the contentious issues during their meeting in Kathmandu from November 29 to December 1, the South Asia Free Trade Agreement......