Pakistan to Seek US Sanction Waivers for Gas Pipeline From Iran
- Request ready to be submitted to the US: Pakistan minister
- Pakistan, Iran signed 25-year gas pipeline deal in 2010
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Pakistan plans to ask the US to relax possible sanctions around a natural gas pipeline project from neighboring Iran.
The government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is planning to give the US administration “political and technical” reasons to secure waivers, Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik told reporters. The pipeline project “cannot bear the burden of sanctions,” he said.