Pakistan Iran Gas Pipeline

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  Pak Risks $18 Billion Fine For Delaying Completion Of Iran Gas Pipeline: Report

  Pakistan could face a whopping USD 18 billion as a penalty for not completing the gas pipeline project with Iran in the timeframe stipulated in the agreement.

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  China To Invest $8.5 Billion To Upgrade Pakistan's Rail Network, Build Gas Pipeline: Report

  China will invest about USD 8.5 billion to upgrade Pakistan's rail network and to build a key gas pipeline with Iran to meet the country's energy needs, a media report said today.

• Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Visits Iran Amid Tensions

  Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Iran's president on Sunday at the start of a visit during which talks are likely to include border security and a stalled gas pipeline deal.

• Iran says Pakistan obliged to complete gas pipeline

  Iran's oil ministry said on Wednesday that Pakistan is contractually obliged to complete a major pipeline project which would allow Tehran to export gas to its southeastern neighbour.

• Gas pipeline with Iran shelved, says Pakistan minister

  The $1.3 billion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline has been shelved because of sanctions against Tehran, dealing a blow to Islamabad's efforts to access cheap energy sources to overcome a crippling power crisis.

• Pakistan committed to completing Iran gas pipeline project

  Pakistan is committed to building a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline from neighbouring Iran but the threat of international sanctions makes the task difficult, the South Asian nation's petroleum minister said on Friday.

• Iran says Pakistan must finance own gas pipeline

  Iran's deputy oil minister, Ali Majedi, said today that Pakistan must finance a controversial pipeline that would enable it to buy gas from the Islamic republic.

• Pakistan may face sanctions over gas pipeline with Iran: US

  Pakistan could face tough US sanctions if it goes ahead with the multi-billion Iran-Pak gas pipeline, a top American diplomat has said.

• Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline could be extended to China

  Notwithstanding US opposition to its gas pipeline project with Iran, Pakistan is looking at the possibility of extending it to China as part of a planned economic corridor.

• Pakistan starts work on Iranian gas line opposed by US

  The presidents of Iran and Pakistan marked the start of Pakistani construction on a much-delayed gas pipeline on Monday, Iranian media reported, despite US pressure on Islamabad to back out of the project.

• Pakistan stocks slump as pipeline with Iran triggers sanction fears

  Stock markets in Pakistan on Monday crashed with the KSE 100 index of the Karachi Stock Exchange losing 2.5 per cent, or 441.62 points, as the ground-breaking ceremony of $7.5 billion gas pipeline project with Iran triggered fears of possible US sanctions.

• Pakistan starts work on Iranian gasline opposed by US

  The Presidents of Iran and Pakistan marked the start of Pakistani construction on a much-delayed gas pipeline on Monday, Iranian media reported, despite US pressure on Islamabad to back out of the project.

• Pakistan starts work on Iranian gas pipeline opposed by US

  The presidents of Iran and Pakistan marked the start of Pakistani construction on a much-delayed gas pipeline on Monday, Iranian media reported, despite US pressure on Islamabad to back out of the project.

• President Asif Ali Zardari dismisses US opposition to Iran-Pak pipeline project

  No power in the world can halt the 7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, President Asif Ali Zardari has said, dismissing mounting US opposition to the venture that will be formally inaugurated on March 11.

• Iran pipeline work to begin on March 11: officials

  An Iranian-Pakistani consortium will start work next week on a much delayed $7.5 billion gas pipeline from Pakistan to Iran that has aroused strong US opposition, Pakistani officials said on Friday.