Nawaz Sharif rejects US reservations over Pak-Iran gas pipeline project

[Edevelop]

Nawaz Sharif rejects US reservations over Pak-Iran gas pipeline project | The News Tribe

 

[Rafi]

Also met President Rohani - seems NS is finally growing a pair.

 

[Edevelop]

Rouhani, Sharif stress completion of IP gas pipeline

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif have stressed the need for the completion of the multi-billion-dollar pipeline projected to carry natural gas from Iran to Pakistan.


During a meeting on the sidelines of the 68th annual session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Sharif said he would be sending Pakistan’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to Iran in the near future to discuss completion of the project with Iranian energy officials.

The final construction phase of the IP pipeline was inaugurated on March 11. Iran has already built 900 kilometers of the pipeline on its soil and is helping to build the 700-kilometer part of the pipeline on the Pakistani side.

The IP pipeline is designed to help Pakistan to overcome its growing energy needs at a time when the country of over 180 million people is grappling with serious energy shortages.

Rouhani and Sharif also exchanged viewpoints on the latest regional developments.

The Pakistani prime minister also pointed out that the Islamabad government is seeking friendly and sustainable relations with its neighboring countries, calling for the advancement of economic ties with Iran.

Sharif also referred to the spread of terrorism as a factor wrecking Pakistan’s economy, and urged cooperation among all Muslim states to combat terrorism.

Rouhani, for his part, stated that Iran is well aware of the ongoing situation in the region, adding that Pakistan has made sacrifices in the fight against terrorism and no one can doubt such efforts.

He added that Tehran has supported Islamabad in difficult situations and would continue to do so in future.

PressTV - Rouhani, Sharif stress completion of IP gas pipeline

 

[PakistanAK47]

Rohani and party is injection funds in Pakistan sectarian violence...... NS remain the same like always

 

[Edevelop]

PM Nawaz Sharif will send Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Minister of Petroleum) to Tehran. He invited President Rouhani to visit his country, which was accepted by the Iranian president who expressed hope to make it at his earliest convenience.

 

[Sugarcane]

Also met President Rohani - seems NS is finally growing a pair.

I don't think so, Actual thing is given & take has been already agreed between Iran & US through back channels

 

[tarrar]

Looks like Pak Army gave big proper DANDA to this patwari.

 

[DV RULES]

Looks like Pak Army gave big proper DANDA to this patwari.

Stop to involve PA every where, their involvement should be bring to minimum and they have no right to decide what nation want or not in favour of country. This DANDA should be given to army mafiya instead of civilian government.

 

[tarrar]

Stop to involve PA every where, their involvement should be bring to minimum and they have no right to decide what nation want or not in favour of country. This DANDA should be given to army mafiya instead of civilian government.

lozzz on you. It is because of Pak Army Pakistan is save, leave Pakistan to these corrupt, incompetent & spineless politicians, Pakistan will not ever survive one day. Don't forget Pakistan always progressed under Military rule, what did DMOCRAZY do for Pakistan instead except for giving pain & tears.

You have a brain so please use it.

 

[Edevelop]

Nawaz assured Rowhani on IP gasline project


ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assured Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during their meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session Tuesday that Pakistan has every intention of going ahead with the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project.
Sources privy to the meeting told The Nation that it “was marked by positivity and warmth on both sides”. The Tuesday meeting between Prime Minister Sharif and President Rouhani held special significance being the first interaction between the two leaders since they took their respective offices earlier this year.
Described by sources in New York as “good”, the meeting was somewhat downplayed by the Foreign Office that chose to issue a one-paragraph press release disclosing little on Wednesday.
There was no mention of the gas project talk in the statement that in its one-liner on energy cooperation merely said: “The prime minister stated that cooperation in the energy sector will serve the interest of both countries.”
During the 15-minute warm exchange, Iran’s more moderate new president reportedly told the prime minister that he “thinks of Pakistan as his home”, when the latter invited him to visit Pakistan. President Rouhani noted the IP pipeline project should be completed on time, underscoring its importance for both the countries. Agreeing with him that the project was mutually beneficial, Premier Nawaz said his government was pursuing it diligently, sources said.
Under the agreement signed with Iran by the PPP government in 2009, the stipulated time for the project’s completion is December 2014 – by when Pakistan is to start importing gas. Pakistan would have to bear a heavy penalty of $3 million for every day’s delay in completion of the project. Iran can also claim billions of dollars in compensation for any breach of contract.
The PML-N government has repeatedly dispelled the impression that it might abandon the $1.5 billion project due to pressure from the US, Saudi Arabia and some other oil-rich states.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif clearly conveyed to the US secretary of state John Kerry when he visited Pakistan in August that his government will go ahead with the project.
He told Kerry that the project was imperative for Pakistan’s economic development given the acute energy shortage in the country. A detailed non-paper stating Pakistan’s position on the matter was also handed to the secretary of state for the Obama Administration.
The IP pipeline project will be one of the key agenda items of bilateral talks between Pakistan and US when Sharif and Obama hold summit-level meeting in Washington in the coming weeks. Given the seeming thaw in Iran-US relations with President Obama advocating diplomacy with Tehran over its nuclear programme, there could be some softening of Washington’s stance on the gas pipeline issue.
As for the Sharif-Rouhani meeting, the FO statement on it also read: “The two leaders reviewed status of bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on regional and international issues particularly the challenges being faced by the Islamic Ummah... The two countries agreed that Afghanistan’s neighbours need to work closely with the Afghan government and support an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led political process.”

Nawaz assured Rowhani on IP gasline project

 

[Edevelop]

lozzz on you. It is because of Pak Army Pakistan is save, leave Pakistan to these corrupt, incompetent & spineless politicians, Pakistan will not ever survive one day. Don't forget Pakistan always progressed under Military rule, what did DMOCRAZY do for Pakistan instead except for giving pain & tears.

You have a brain so please use it.

Nough said. Quaid e- Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah was a Politician and a staunch democrat. Pakistan Army has done nothing but broken all kinds of laws. In 65 years, they have ruled the most, stole billions of dollars of tax payers money, created divisions between rich and poor, failed to protect country's borders, killed local politicians, allied with countries that want to destabilize, took foreign aid with conditions, created different types of Terrorist groups such as Taliban and MQM. The Arab world is just another side of you. People there are trained to bow down to monarchs, which in reality is a form of dictatorship.

 

[alibaz]

Nough said. Quaid e- Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah was a Politician and a staunch democrat. Pakistan Army has done nothing but broken all kinds of laws. In 65 years, they have ruled the most, stole billions of dollars of tax payers money, created divisions between rich and poor, failed to protect country's borders, killed local politicians, allied with countries that want to destabilize, took foreign aid with conditions, created different types of Terrorist groups such as Taliban and MQM. The Arab world is just another side of you. People there are trained to bow down to monarchs, which in reality is a form of dictatorship.

I don't know about how many billion they have stolen but one thing I know that last democratic government has doubled the debts which all civil and military governments together accumulated. set records of corruption and the story continues. Rupee has fallen from Rs 60 to 110 against a US dollar ( which too depreciated against other world currencies) in Jamhooriat. Can't see billions of dollars given to provinces as result NFC award during last five six years, may be they are in coffers somewhere in cold areas.

 

[batmannow]

Nough said. Quaid e- Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah was a Politician and a staunch democrat. Pakistan Army has done nothing but broken all kinds of laws. In 65 years, they have ruled the most, stole billions of dollars of tax payers money, created divisions between rich and poor, failed to protect country's borders, killed local politicians, allied with countries that want to destabilize, took foreign aid with conditions, created different types of Terrorist groups such as Taliban and MQM. The Arab world is just another side of you. People there are trained to bow down to monarchs, which in reality is a form of dictatorship.

even greatest of damo-crates like MR. nawaz sharif are trained to bow down to arab monarchs & mens in uniforms in pakistan?ironicly?lolzz

 

[surya kiran]

What has been SA's re-action to this? Any statements from their end? How will it affect Pak's foreign policy?