Overview
- Following Tuesday’s UNHRC speech by Kasim Khan, a spliced video online claimed he urged the EU to strip Pakistan’s GSP+ trade status that grants duty-free access on many exports.
- A Geo News fact-check on Friday, based on full UN Web TV footage, reported he never sought revocation and noted his public support for keeping GSP+.
- Major business bodies including FPCCI, UBG, APTMA, KATI and ICCI held emergency press briefings on Friday urging the government to safeguard the scheme.
- Business leaders warned losing the EU waiver would add 10% to 12% tariffs on textiles, leather and surgical goods and cut $8–9 billion from yearly exports.
- Federal and provincial information ministers on Saturday kept alleging a planned PTI-linked campaign despite the fact-check.