Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe soon after signing the landmark Pakistan-Lanka Free Trade Agreement at Temple Trees yesterday. Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Ravi Karunanayake and Pakistani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Inam Ul Haque are also in the picture. President Musharraf left for Pakistan last afternoon. (Picture by Saman Sri Wedage)

Pakistan with Lanka 'all the way'- Musharraf

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf yesterday said that his country was cementing ties with Sri Lanka by enhancing economic ties while standing by this country to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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FTA will lead to regional trading bloc - Ravi K.

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The Free Trade Agreement signed between Sri Lanka and Pakistan will give far reaching powers to both countries and will lead to the creation of a regional trading bloc similar to the North American Free Trade Agreement and the European Union, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake told the Daily News yesterday.
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Introduction of VAT: Progressive measures to reduce cost of living

Finance Minister K.N. Choksy yesterday urged the public not to be misled by the attempts of the Opposition to belittle the Government's efforts to bring down the cost of living by trying to create a negative picture about the newly introduced Value Added Tax.
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