politics

* LNG case *

* Opposition parties have been carrying a storm of criticism and accusations against the government over the LNG and gas deals and for this, a media house, former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Maryam Aurangzeb, Ahsan Iqbal and other opposition leaders have been attacking the government, especially the prime minister's special assistant for petroleum, Nadeem Babar, forcing many to wonder if there was anything black in the pulse. This is the same propaganda tactic that Goebbels is credited with introducing so much that lies are told so loudly that even a good person is willing to believe that this is the truth. One anchor had been programming on LNG and gas deals for the last several months and he had heaped allegations on his program that everyone was pointing fingers at the government, the Prime Minister and Nadeem Babar. Putting aside this entanglement of energy agreements, it must be acknowledged that LNG is as important to Pakistan as food is to human life in various forms. The misfortune of our country and its people is that the burden of long-distance destinations and high prices for the supply of essential goods for our needs has been imposed under a well thought out plan, be it electricity contracts or flour and sugar including LNG. Local and international deals The previous government had decided to expand the NLG business from Qatar before coming to power instead of making progress on the gas pipeline project from Iran, and this was expressed by Muftah Ismail in a TV talk show. *

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* If anyone thinks that Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project is prepared by Iran, then the information of such gentlemen is not based on facts. The story of the Iran Gas Pipeline begins in 1950 when Malik Aftab Ahmad Khan, an intelligent civil engineer from the Military College of Engineering Risalpur, proposed a plan to import gas from Iran in an article called "Persian Pipeline". When this article came out it was very popular. This writing became part of the official record of Iran and Pakistan, but no progress was made to put it into practice. Probably the reason was that at that time there was no sign of gas in Pakistan but then in 1952 the search for gas started at Sui in Balochistan and in 1955 Pakistan was first introduced under the name of gas but initially But the amount was very small, but until then it was used less. Later, the plan of Pakistani civil engineer presented in 1950 was taken out of the old files and in the second and last term of Benazir Bhutto's government, an agreement was signed in 1995 to lay a gas pipeline between Iran and Pakistan by mutual consent. *

* After the burden of terrorism and international debt, if there is one major problem facing Pakistan, it is the energy crisis. The reason for the disregard for the Iran gas pipeline is that on the one hand, the United States, Britain and some Arab countries are opposed to this project, on the other hand, China, Russia and Iran are strong supporters of this project. The 2700 km long gas pipeline to be started from Iran's gas field Pars will be 1100 km long in Iran and 1000 km long in Pakistan while the remaining 600 km gas pipeline will pass through Indian territory. In August 2008, when India withdrew from the project and China expressed its desire to be part of the project, the United States became even more skeptical.

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The total cost of the project was estimated at اس 7 billion at the time. The pipeline will be 42 to 50 inches in diameter and cost Pakistan an estimated 3. 3.2 billion. When Pakistan was unable to provide the money due to its economic woes, China moved ahead with the project on March 30, 2010. He pledged دینے 2.5 million for the project and expressed his desire to join the project on a regular basis. After China, on April 7, 2012, Russia also took an interest in this gas project and offered a full bailout package to Pakistan, saying that with the support of Russia's largest gas company GAZPROM, all technical and financial costs facing Pakistan would be borne. Will be done. *