ECC clears legal mechanism for barter trade with Iran, Afghanistan – Newspaper

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thurs­day cleared a legal mechanism to provide for barter trade with two sanctions-hit neighbours — Iran and Afghanistan.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet which also decided to build 500,000 tonnes of strategic reserves of sugar and lift 1.2 million tonnes of wheat at a minimum support price of Rs1,950…