Source: Times of India
NEW DELHI: Iran and Pakistan may have announced going ahead with the IPI (Iran-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project even without India, but Iran apparently is still doing its bit to ensure India eventually joins them.
In one of its GSPA (Gas Supply Purchase Agreement) proposals which was discussed during the recent meeting of foreign […]

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Source: Daily Times
NEW YORK: Significant progress had been made on the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and the foreign ministers of the two countries will meet in early October to flesh things out, Information Minister Sherry Rehman told a press conference on Tuesday.
She said Iran and Pakistan would set up a joint company with Iran providing the […]

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Source: Reuters
BEIJING  - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is pushing a proposal for gas and oil pipelines between his country and China to bolster bilateral ties, he said on Monday, during a visit that has highlighted security concerns.
Beijing has stood close to Musharraf, who came to power as a general in a coup in 1999, even […]

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Source: The Hindu
NEW DELHI: In a major development that could result in a breakthrough, Pakistan has invited India for talks on finalising the $7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline deal.
“I received an invitation from Pakistan’s Energy Minister to visit Islamabad to finalise the transit fee issue so that the IPI pipeline deal could be wrapped up soon,” […]

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Source: The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s interim government raised fuel prices about 7 percent Saturday, a decision likely to spark public anger at a time when food prices are also rising.
The hike by the Pakistan Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority came as world oil prices continue to hover at record highs.
Light, sweet crude […]

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Source: The Economic Times
ISLAMABAD: Sources in Pakistan’s Ministry of Law have accused India of adopting delaying tactics in signing the landmark tripartite Gas Sales Purchase Agreement (GSPA), involving Iran, Pakistan and India.
Pakistan claims that it has been inviting India to hold the talks for settling the issues of the transit fee for gas transportation, but […]

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Source: Daily Times
By Zafar Bhutta
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran may sign the Gas Sales Purchase Agreement (GSPA) in Tehran in last week of the current month on Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, sources told Daily Times here on Thursday.
Sources said that Iran has proposed February 24 to sign GSPA on IPI gas pipeline project in Tehran […]

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Source: The News International
Op-Ed by Masood Hasan
In Pakistan the operating principle is it’s everybody else’s problem. This absolves all individuals of any responsibility and paves the way for all and sundry to behave irresponsibly at the best of times and break every existing law, intact or already broken. Thus all problems go on magnifying till […]

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Source: Tehran Times
TEHRAN (PIN) – The next round of technical negotiations of Iranian and Pakistani experts on the peace pipeline will be held here next week.
The 11th Pakistan-Iran Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project was held in Islamabad Tuesday.
The two sides held an in-depth discussion on technical, financial, commercial and, […]

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