Pakistan Uses Newfound Diplomatic Clout to Get Persian Gulf LNG

Pakistan has imported its second shipment of liquefied natural gas from the Persian Gulf in a week, showing how Islamabad is leveraging its newfound geopolitical influence to ease an energy crunch.

The South Asian country received its latest cargo on Friday, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg, after negotiating its passage with Iran. The two shipments totaled about 160,000 tons. No other countries have received LNG that’s passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Iran war in late February, although there are currently two gas carriers on the way to China and Japan.