Russia expresses concern over reports of alternate gas pipeline by Pakistan ANI | Updated: Jul 13, 2021 06:18 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Russia has expressed its concerns over reports that Pakistan is considering working out an alternate plan to construct the USD 2.5 billion Pakistan- Stream Gas Pipeline (PSGP) project from Port Qasim to Kasur, formerly known as North-South Gas Pipeline.
The information was disclosed by the sources close to the Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Power and Petroleum told Business Recorder.
It can jeopardise Pakistan s ties with Russia. Pakistan and the Russian Federation had signed the amended Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on May 28 in Moscow on Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline Project (PSGP), now both the countries have to sign the share-holders Agreement (SHA) within 60 days from the signing of the protocol scheduled for July 27.
Russia expresses concern over Pak s alternate gas pipeline
ANI
13 Jul 2021, 10:55 GMT+10
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Russia has expressed its concerns over reports that Pakistan is considering working out an alternate plan to construct the USD 2.5 billion Pakistan- Stream Gas Pipeline (PSGP) project from Port Qasim to Kasur, formerly known as North-South Gas Pipeline.
The information was disclosed by the sources close to the Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Power and Petroleum told Business Recorder.
It can jeopardise Pakistan s ties with Russia. Pakistan and the Russian Federation had signed the amended Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on May 28 in Moscow on Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline Project (PSGP), now both the countries have to sign the share-holders Agreement (SHA) within 60 days from the signing of the protocol scheduled for July 27.
Umar may be ousted as energy body’s chief
PM Imran steps in to end tussle among members of CCoE
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar briefing the media in Islamabad on May 31, 2021. SCREENGRAB
ISLAMABAD:
Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar may be removed from the post of the chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) as a tussle among its members has compelled Prime Minister Imran Khan to step in and put the house in order.
Sources told The Express Tribune that bickering among Umar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Tabish Gauhar, Energy Minister Hammad Azhar and Maritime Minister Ali Zaidi started over the body’s intervention in the affairs of the energy ministry.
Headwinds, policy confusions subverting Russian gas line project
July 7, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The fate of country’s strategic project, Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline (PSGP), also known as North South Gas Pipeline, is in the doldrums as the Petroleum Division has started finalizing alternate gas pipeline project by mid-July putting the ties with Russia, which have improved a lot in recent years, in jeopardy.
Pakistan and the Russian Federation signed the amended Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) on May 28, 2021 in Moscow on Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline Project (PSGP), now both the countries have to sign the share-holders Agreement (SHA) within 60 days from the signing of the protocol scheduled for July 27, 2021.
Fate of Russian gas line project in doldrums as Pakistan looks at alternate pipeline aninews.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aninews.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.