India’s Basmati claim to be challenged
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to file its opposition in the European Union in a reply to India’s claim of Geographical Indication (GI) tag of Basmati rice.
This was decided during a meeting chaired by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Razak Dawood. The meeting was attended by Secretary Commerce, Chairman, Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO-Pakistan), representatives of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) and the legal fraternity.
An official statement issued after the meeting said that Reap representatives were of the view that Pakistan is a major grower and producer of Basmati rice and India’s claim for exclusivity is unjustified.
Mr. Dawood categorically said that Pakistan will vehemently oppose India’s application in the European Union and restrain India from obtaining exclusive GI tag of Basmati rice. He further supported the concerns of Reap and relevant stakeholders and ensured that their claim for Basmati rice as GI will be protected.
It is pertinent to mention that India submitted an application in the EU claiming sole ownership of Basmati rice, falsely misrepresenting its exclusivity.
Published in Dawn, October 6th, 2020
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Oct 06, 2020 10:26am
PMIK finally woke up.
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Oct 06, 2020 11:40am
Please challenge.
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Oct 06, 2020 11:45am
A very very good decision.
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Oct 06, 2020 12:38pm
Indians are compulsive manipulators.
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Oct 06, 2020 01:31pm
Now it's too late !
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Oct 06, 2020 01:44pm
Indians are compulsive liars
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Oct 06, 2020 01:48pm
Why we are so slow to pursue national interest.
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Oct 06, 2020 01:54pm
Challenging for the sake of challenging.
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Oct 06, 2020 02:00pm
Basmati is a Sanskrit word.
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Oct 06, 2020 02:06pm
Indians are best to change the labels as they can not earn anything at their own.
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Oct 06, 2020 02:29pm
Nothing will change india is too big
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Oct 06, 2020 02:43pm
Very slow getting off the blocks .....results in losing the race.
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Oct 06, 2020 02:44pm
Pakistan will have to challenge every Indian thing.
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Oct 06, 2020 02:45pm
India is buying Pakistani Basmati Rice through UAE etc. and exporting to the world under its own packing.
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Oct 06, 2020 03:01pm
@King, is it a blessing or curse?
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Oct 06, 2020 03:05pm
@Abdul Sattar, You are 30 years behind. First fill that gap.
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Oct 06, 2020 03:17pm
Do you know how the name basmati came from?
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Oct 06, 2020 03:20pm
@Lucknow, doesn’t matter. India’s monopoly is just bullying.
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Oct 06, 2020 03:29pm
@Proud Pakistani, Less than Pakistan
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Oct 06, 2020 03:30pm
First feed to your own citizen in reasonable price the jump in competition.
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Oct 06, 2020 03:30pm
Still in Pakistan many people dont have 2 times sufficient food and why this unnecessary race.
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Oct 06, 2020 03:33pm
Where will Pakistan be without India?
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Oct 06, 2020 03:34pm
Well hurry up and get competent legal and scientific agricultural experts and trounce India like we did in ICJ for kubushan yadev.
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Oct 06, 2020 03:51pm
I was in India till 1964. Never heard of Basmati rice there then. When I came to Pakistan, I found out that it’s one of the best testing rice. In USA, I find that only Pakistani suppliers sold basmati rice. India was a late comer to the basmati trade.
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Oct 06, 2020 04:02pm
70% of the Basmati produce comes from India, out which 60% is exported ...
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Oct 06, 2020 04:03pm
@King, keep trying!
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Oct 06, 2020 04:03pm
Pakistani basmati rice are much better than Indian basmati Rice.
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Oct 06, 2020 04:04pm
Get ready to face disappointment again. I feel Pakistan waited too long on this matter .... no action since 2016 and even during the two years of PTI rule ?
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Oct 06, 2020 04:07pm
Pakistan has lot of time
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Oct 06, 2020 04:09pm
90% of harleys are manufactured in the US, but EU is claiming the right to the brand because it manufactures 10% of the bikes ...
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Oct 06, 2020 04:10pm
No Point. You have to give it a name like Pak Basmati for example and get the GI. You can select any name you want like Babber !!!
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Oct 06, 2020 04:12pm
Great move against the commercial hypocrisy, deceit and deception of racist Modi and his fascist R.S.S. and BJP cronies.
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Oct 06, 2020 04:13pm
Where india hurts your interest is always in light. But what China has damaged or damaging every sector of your economy is honey honey friendship?
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Oct 06, 2020 04:16pm
India claimed as it can claim for self, who claims and files for others??
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Oct 06, 2020 04:24pm
Indian Basmati rice was grown much before formation of Pakistan.So the pattent truly belongs to India
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Oct 06, 2020 04:47pm
Pakistani rice is of high quality and is well known in the world.
Indians who live abroad also praise Pakistani rice and its wonderful aroma.
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Oct 06, 2020 04:47pm
@Andy, they are greasing the palms of all top authorities. Rest are too naive to realize the loss.
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Oct 06, 2020 04:47pm
What’s next India, mango, onions, beef ?
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Oct 06, 2020 04:50pm
@Fastrack, save this message you have to eat up these words after the EU patent will be provided to india
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Oct 06, 2020 04:53pm
@Andy, hate for Indians and Hindus inbuilt in the system.
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Oct 06, 2020 04:54pm
@Proud Pakistani, and we all know Pakistanis are beacons of truth!
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Oct 06, 2020 04:55pm
@Fastrack, airport security double checks you. not Indians.
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Oct 06, 2020 04:57pm
@Abdul Sattar, what labels? Can you be more specific?
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Oct 06, 2020 04:59pm
@subh, ....or Pakmati?
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Oct 06, 2020 05:03pm
Basmati rice is harvested in India much before Pakistan where in national interest and Modi/RSS come into it
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Oct 06, 2020 05:17pm
Fight is not for Basmati rice it is for anything India
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Oct 06, 2020 05:21pm
Indian government being mischievous again.
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Oct 06, 2020 05:23pm
Basmati is Hindi name derived from Sanskrit. Also geographically it belongs to India like Parmigiano Champaign from a France.
No other country except India should be alllowed to call the rice Basmati.
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Oct 06, 2020 05:27pm
@Mansoor Khan, dear sir what a wonderful discovery
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Oct 06, 2020 05:37pm
Basmati rice is widely grown overall in asia incl. China, Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Thailand , Bangladesh etc to name a few.
How can India claim it sole rights?
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Oct 06, 2020 05:41pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, great move same result..You Loose.
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Oct 06, 2020 05:44pm
@RAja Raman , you dont have leg to stand; expansionist mind set.
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Oct 06, 2020 06:02pm
It’s about time.
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Oct 06, 2020 06:04pm
@Engr. Ishaq Sohag, May be but it is not Basmati rice.
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Oct 06, 2020 06:08pm
Basmati is Hindi word .. it's grown in India since ages .. it's rooted in culture .. Pakistan came into existence 70 years ago how it can claim rights on it
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Oct 06, 2020 06:12pm
@Shahzad, Do you know the meaning of Basmati,just resist for the same of resistance
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Oct 06, 2020 06:16pm
Difficult case to win.
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Oct 06, 2020 06:23pm
@Rahul S. , It is a Sanskrit word. And Sanskrit came from the Indus region of Pakistan into Ganga India. Paninin wrote his works in what is now Pakistan. Not Ganga India.
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Oct 06, 2020 07:37pm
@Mansoor Khan, you must have heard of PATNA rice. Long grain rice.
From you originated in India Patna was available only
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Oct 06, 2020 08:09pm
@Lucknow,Sanskrit is a branch of Latin and Sanskrit was developed in north west India in what is now Pakistan!, anyway what is your point?!
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Oct 06, 2020 09:25pm
@Raja Farhat Abbas, I guess lot of pakistanis speak sanskrit!
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Oct 06, 2020 10:30pm
@Sajid, You are 1000% correct.
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Oct 06, 2020 10:34pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, You are 100% correct Sir. But sadly enough Modi is winning everywhere, please do somethingSir.
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Oct 06, 2020 11:19pm
you should reject this at the EU..
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Oct 06, 2020 11:48pm
@Farid, what if anything does this have to do with BAsmati rice and branding?
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Oct 07, 2020 09:53am
@Raja Farhat Abbas, “Sanskrit was developed in north west India in what is now Pakistan!, anyway what is your point?”
Nope. Indus River flows from India to Pakistan. And the Civilization include Indian Haryana and Gujarat.
Also there was no Pakistan 73 years back. It was Bharat, British India then India.
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Oct 07, 2020 02:30pm
Even the name BASAMATI is Sanskrit word.
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Oct 07, 2020 03:24pm
Bhai Rice is indian food and not a arabic food. So origin is india. No dispute.
Basmati is Sanskrit word.
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Oct 07, 2020 04:15pm
Hope Pakistan is aware about the meaning of Basmati. Basmati is derived from Sanskrit & it means Fragrance. It is not a Urdu name.
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Oct 07, 2020 04:17pm
@Engr. Ishaq Sohag, So let us call it Pakistani Basmati !!
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Oct 07, 2020 04:21pm
@Proud Pakistani, perhaps perpetual liars !
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Oct 07, 2020 04:23pm
I think India will take on Pakistan in the field of 'Basmati Rice'.Indias hand ample of proofs on Basmati Rice usage.
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Oct 07, 2020 04:29pm
@Popat, 90% of Pakistani donot get food both the times everyday.
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Oct 07, 2020 06:55pm
why do u sell them our pink salt which the export as their own
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Oct 07, 2020 07:19pm
Basmati like Kashmir is Sanskrit word.
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Oct 07, 2020 07:56pm
Pakistan has been challenging India for every thing since 14th August 1947.
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Oct 07, 2020 08:27pm
@gt, 'Pakistan has been challenging India for every thing since 14th August 1947.'
India has been challenging itself since 14th August 1947, Pakistan just stands as spectator.
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Oct 07, 2020 08:31pm
@muzamil, why do u sell them our pink salt which the export as their own
Good point, we should copyright it, then no one can smuggle it and sell as their own.
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Oct 07, 2020 08:33pm
@Suresh Kumar, 'Hope Pakistan is aware about the meaning of Basmati. Basmati is derived from Sanskrit & it means Fragrance. It is not a Urdu name.'
Its where it is grown, not where the word came from. Otherwise Lal Qila, Taj Mahal, Shahi bagh are are all urdu, farsi words.
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Oct 07, 2020 08:34pm
Pakistani Basmati is the best, now everyone else clear off.
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Oct 07, 2020 09:37pm
@Mansoor Khan, All kinds of Awadhi biryani are made from Basmati rice for centuries. So your frivolous arguments are just that.
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Oct 07, 2020 09:41pm
@Ehtsham, Sanskrit originated from the proto-Aryan language on the banks of River Oxus aka Amu Darya in Afghanistan.
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Oct 07, 2020 09:47pm
@Raja Farhat Abbas, Ahem...Sanskrit IS NOT a branch of Latin but Sanskrit and Latin have common origins.
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Oct 07, 2020 10:57pm
@Lucknow, and your point is.
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Oct 07, 2020 10:58pm
Basmati existed in India before Pakistan was born. Q.E.D. Case closed.
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