Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday allowed traders to export Onion to India for orders contracted before January 4, the day a ban was imposed on supply of the commodity via the Wagah land border.

The Prime Minister’s directive, which was forwarded to the Commerce Ministry, will apply only to orders that were finalised by Pakistan traders before the ban was imposed and for which payments had already been made by Indian importers.

PTI quoting sources in the Pakistani government reports that the ban on the export of Onion to India via the land route will remain in place.