Pakistan embassy clarifies rice-import deadline extension

Regarding the editorial, “The NFA mess,” that appeared in the Manila Times on April 20, 2017:

In the editorial it was mentioned, “It also turns out Aquino had extended the deadline for rice imports from Pakistan and India, apparently at the instance of the Pakistani Ambassador.” At another place, it is mentioned, “It’s puzzling why Aquino can be so pliant to a request from a foreign envoy yet recalcitrant to his own Council.”