Posts tagged as: Afghanistan

Government hoping to trade petrochemicals with India – Pakistan oil and gas news

Government hoping to trade petrochemicals with India – Pakistan oil and gas news Oil Minister Hussein Asim said on Monday that there is potential for trade in oil products between India and Pakistan, which is interested in importing heating oil and diesel fuel from a neighboring country. The start of negotiations in this area would […]

Indian and Pakistan companies sign on TAPI deal – Pakistan oil and gas news

Indian and Pakistan companies sign on TAPI deal – Pakistan oil and gas news Turkmen officials have stated that the proposed pipeline could carry 1000000000000 cubic meters of gas over 30 years, or 33 billion cubic meters a year. "After more than 20 years of diplomacy, 1,800 kilometers of gas pipeline, which connects one of […]

President Zardari strengthens ties with Barack Obama

  President Barack Obama spoke briefly this past Monday with President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of a NATO summit as the uneasy allies looked to drain the poison from their wounded relations.   Obama and Zardari "had a brief conversation," and were joined later by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to take a joint […]

Blowout Preventor case study – oil and gas industrial lessons

Blowout Preventor case study –  oil and gas industrial lessons In the past, the oilfields were precarious and dangerous places. The workers known as oilmen had to wait outside the well and when the oil was struck, they allowed the of gas and oil gust out of the well. Then they waited further till the pressure dropped  enough in order […]

Turkey backs Pakistan’s demand for US apology

In quite an unexpected move, Islamabad got rare support from Turkey, a member-country of the NATO, on the blockade of land route for the allied forces and seeking an apology from the US government over the Salala check-post attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday endorsed Pakistan’s stance, […]

Imran Khan criticizes President Zardari’s visit to Chicago

Apparently Imran Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), is not missing any opportunity to slash the government, particularly President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani. In his latest remarks, Imran Khan termed President Zardari’s participation in the two-day NATO summit insult of the whole nation, saying that US President Barack […]

US drone attack kills four in Pakistan

An unmanned US aircraft killed at least four people while injured many others in an attack on a militant compound in Miranshah, the troubled area of Northwestern Pakistan. According to the media reports, the drone fired two missiles on a house in Tabai, killing at least four alleged assailants and injuring many others. The reports […]

NATO leaders determined to help Afghanistan regain control

NATO leaders vowed Monday to stand by Afghanistan as it takes control of its own destiny, backing a plan to hand Afghans the lead for security in the war-torn country from mid-2013. In a Chicago summit declaration, US President Barack Obama and his NATO military allies ratified an “irreversible” roadmap to “gradually and responsibly” withdraw […]

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Hina Rabbani Khar call for US apology over NATO strike

In quite an unexpected move, Chairman Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar have called for a US apology over cross border attack at Salala check-post that killed 24 Pakistani troops. Clarifying that Pakistan doesn’t want permanent blockade of NATO supplies, the foreign minister said Pakistan still seeks apology […]

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar terms NATO summit a successful visit

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar appeared optimistic and sounded positive about the outcome of the attendance of Pakistani delegation in the headship of President Asif Ali Zardari in the two-day NATO summit, held in Chicago, America. Without explaining the bad press that has dogged the Pakistani delegation during its visit, she observed, “When there’s a […]

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan offers lessons to Pakistani lawmakers

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has advised Pakistan’s political leadership to avoid going too far in their rivalry, saying it costs them the democratic system itself. His address to Pakistani parliament was nothing short of a scolding by an elder brother. He, who has already completed two highly successful terms as premier since 2003 […]

President Zardari offers no quarter in NATO declaration

President Asif Ali Zardari made no promises in Chicago summit, rejecting intense pressure and NATO’s public call for resuming land routes  in the summit declaration. The president in his short address to leaders from over 50 countries did not give any indication that Pakistan would resume supply line for foreign forces battling in Afghanistan. He […]

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