US warns Pak over Iran gas deal - Pakistan rejects US warning

[SpArK]

“We caution the Pakistanis not to over-commit themselves until we know the legislation.”

When is the next legislation ???

 

[SEAL]

No objection to Pak-Iran gas pipeline: U.S. on saturday

US cautions Pakistan on Iran pipeline- on sunday


which one to choose now???

Its a common sense the thing which US represntative said in press conference have more importance than conspiracy theories.

 

[SpArK]

wait till Monday till then belive the latest...sunday's news.

Yup you are right its not right to jump into conclutions based on "ifs" and "buts". waiting till an official announcements makes sense.

@ aimar -- Sunday ho ya Monday .. roz khao Ande

 

[SpArK]

Its a common sense the thing which US represntative said in press conference have more importance than conspiracy theories.

Then why did the Prime minister say that Pakistan will abide by U.S. sanctions on Iran today???

 

[jin]

Then why did the Prime minister say that Pakistan will abide by U.S. sanctions on Iran today???

He was just kidding


Well, UNSC sanctions bind upon every country.

Ooops but these sanctions are not from UNSC. So i think these are from US, hence are

not binding upon us and we are not party to it.

 

[Spring Onion]

Pakistan not bound by US sanctions against Iran: Gilani

Tuesday, 22 Jun, 2010


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will go ahead with a plan to import natural gas from Iran even if the US levies additional sanctions on the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said.

Gilani's comments Tuesday come two days after the US special envoy to Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, said new sanctions being finalised by Congress could affect the deal with Iran.

The prime minister said Pakistan would reconsider the gas deal if it violated UN sanctions, but not those levied unilaterally by the US.

Iran inked a contract earlier this month to export 21.5 million cubic metres of gas per day to Pakistan through a new pipeline beginning in 2014. The construction of the pipeline is estimated to cost some $7 billion.

Dawn

 

[GUNNER]

Pakistan not bound to follow US restrictions on Iran; Gilani


ISLAMABAD, Jun 22 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said Pakistan was not bound to follow the US restrictions placed on Iran, but would consider implementing the UN sanctions under its international obligations.

“As far as the US is concerned, we are not bound to follow these [sanctions], but if these are put in place by the United Nations, we will consider these under the obligation of international laws,” Prime Minister Gilani said.

Addresing a luncheon in honour of parliamentarians the Prime Minister clarified his remarks made on Monday at Garhi Khuda Bux about the impact on the over US 7 billion dollars Iran-Pakistan gaspipe line project, if sanctions were imposed by the US or the UN on Iran.

Pakistan has recently inked the ambitious project with Iran, scheduled to get operational by 2014, and will provide fuel to its electricity generation plants to help meet the huge energy shortfall.

 

[Kompromat]

Pakistan not bound by US sanctions against Iran: Gilani

Tuesday, 22 Jun, 2010

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will go ahead with a plan to import natural gas from Iran even if the US levies additional sanctions on the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said.

Gilani's comments Tuesday come two days after the US special envoy to Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, cautioned Pakistan not to ''over commit'' itself to the deal because it could run afoul of new sanctions against Iran.

The deal has been a constant source of tension between the two countries, with Pakistan arguing that it is vital to its ability to cope with an energy crisis and the US stressing that it would undercut international pressure on Iran over its nuclear program.

Gilani said Pakistan would reconsider the deal if it violated UN sanctions, but the country was ''not bound to follow'' unilateral US measures. He said media reports that quoted him as saying that Pakistan would heed Holbrooke's warning were incorrect.

The UN has levied four sets of sanctions against Iran for failing to suspend uranium enrichment, a process that can produce fuel for a nuclear weapon. The latest set of UN sanctions was approved earlier this month.

The US has also applied a number of unilateral sanctions against Iran, and Congress is currently finalising a new set largely aimed at the country's petroleum industry. Both houses have passed versions of the sanctions and are working to reconcile their differences.

Pakistan and Iran finalised the gas deal earlier this month. Under the contract, Iran will export 760 million cubic feet of gas per day to Pakistan through a new pipeline beginning in 2014. The construction of the pipeline is estimated to cost some $7 billion.

While US officials have expressed opposition to the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline deal, the issue is complicated by Washington's reliance on Pakistan's cooperation to fight al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

The US also acknowledges that Pakistan faces a severe energy crisis and has made aid to the energy sector one of its top development priorities. Electricity shortages in Pakistan cause rolling blackouts that affect businesses and intensify suffering during the hot summer months.


DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Pakistan not bound by US sanctions against Iran: Gilani

 

[mjnaushad]

Pakistan not bound to follow US restrictions on Iran; Gilani


ISLAMABAD, Jun 22 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said Pakistan was not bound to follow the US restrictions placed on Iran, but would consider implementing the UN sanctions under its international obligations.

“As far as the US is concerned, we are not bound to follow these [sanctions], but if these are put in place by the United Nations, we will consider these under the obligation of international laws,” Prime Minister Gilani said.

Addresing a luncheon in honour of parliamentarians the Prime Minister clarified his remarks made on Monday at Garhi Khuda Bux about the impact on the over US 7 billion dollars Iran-Pakistan gaspipe line project, if sanctions were imposed by the US or the UN on Iran.

Pakistan has recently inked the ambitious project with Iran, scheduled to get operational by 2014, and will provide fuel to its electricity generation plants to help meet the huge energy shortfall.

Pakistan not bound by US sanctions against Iran: Gilani

Tuesday, 22 Jun, 2010

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will go ahead with a plan to import natural gas from Iran even if the US levies additional sanctions on the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said.

Gilani's comments Tuesday come two days after the US special envoy to Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, cautioned Pakistan not to ''over commit'' itself to the deal because it could run afoul of new sanctions against Iran.

The deal has been a constant source of tension between the two countries, with Pakistan arguing that it is vital to its ability to cope with an energy crisis and the US stressing that it would undercut international pressure on Iran over its nuclear program.

Gilani said Pakistan would reconsider the deal if it violated UN sanctions, but the country was ''not bound to follow'' unilateral US measures. He said media reports that quoted him as saying that Pakistan would heed Holbrooke's warning were incorrect.

The UN has levied four sets of sanctions against Iran for failing to suspend uranium enrichment, a process that can produce fuel for a nuclear weapon. The latest set of UN sanctions was approved earlier this month.

The US has also applied a number of unilateral sanctions against Iran, and Congress is currently finalising a new set largely aimed at the country's petroleum industry. Both houses have passed versions of the sanctions and are working to reconcile their differences.

Pakistan and Iran finalised the gas deal earlier this month. Under the contract, Iran will export 760 million cubic feet of gas per day to Pakistan through a new pipeline beginning in 2014. The construction of the pipeline is estimated to cost some $7 billion.

While US officials have expressed opposition to the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline deal, the issue is complicated by Washington's reliance on Pakistan's cooperation to fight al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

The US also acknowledges that Pakistan faces a severe energy crisis and has made aid to the energy sector one of its top development priorities. Electricity shortages in Pakistan cause rolling blackouts that affect businesses and intensify suffering during the hot summer months.


DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Pakistan not bound by US sanctions against Iran: Gilani

Pakistan not bound by US sanctions against Iran: Gilani

Tuesday, 22 Jun, 2010


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will go ahead with a plan to import natural gas from Iran even if the US levies additional sanctions on the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said.

Gilani's comments Tuesday come two days after the US special envoy to Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, said new sanctions being finalised by Congress could affect the deal with Iran.

The prime minister said Pakistan would reconsider the gas deal if it violated UN sanctions, but not those levied unilaterally by the US.

Iran inked a contract earlier this month to export 21.5 million cubic metres of gas per day to Pakistan through a new pipeline beginning in 2014. The construction of the pipeline is estimated to cost some $7 billion.

Dawn

Thank you Gunner, BB, Jana.......

 

[Frankenstein]

Gilani you rock

 

[Spring Onion]

Please read the news and his statement he said Pakistan will not bow to US pressure however if UN puts sanctions then being part of UN Pakistan will abide by rules just like all other member countries.

Lets see

 

[xenia]

Only UN curbs mandatory, clarifies PM Gilani reverses stance on Iran sanctions​

SLAMABAD, June 22: In a display of verbal acrobatics, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani turned his back on Tuesday on a statement he made less than twenty-four hours earlier about Pakistan’s reaction to possible US sanctions on Iran and their impact on the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project.

Within hours of the appearance of the newspapers on Tuesday morning, which had splashed the prime minister’s words that the government was going to toe the American line on its relations with Iran, Mr Gilani provided a ‘clarification’. In a follow-up statement, he explained that Pakistan was not bound to follow the US restrictions placed on Iran though it would abide by “any UN sanctions”.

In an interaction with the media in Larkana on the occasion of Benazir Bhutto’s birth anniversary on Monday, the prime minister had said that “If the US imposes sanctions, they will have international implications and Pakistan as a member of the international community will follow them”.

Predictably a storm in the media followed. This was an open admission of the influence the US can and does exercise on Pakistan -- just a day before US Special Envoy on Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke had indirectly warned Pakistan against finalising the IranPakistan gas pipeline.

Even before his statement, a longstanding perception in the country has been that American pressure had delayed this pipeline despite Pakistan’s critical energy shortage which, experts agree, can be addressed by importing gas from Iran. No wonder then that by Tuesday afternoon the premier was using a luncheon arranged for parliamentarians at a hotel in Islamabad to clarify his previous statement.

“As far as the US is concerned, we are not bound to follow these (sanctions), but if these are put in place by the United Nations, we will consider these for implementation under the obligation of international laws.” Chances are that he was encouraged to explain his earlier statement under the pressure of the Foreign Office.

He added that “While talking to media in Larkana (on Monday) I had said that we will implement the UN resolutions whereas few newspapers have today reported that we will implement US sanctions.” He ended his comments by reiterating that “We are not bound by American sanctions on Iran but if the UN slapped any sanctions we will implement them”.

The $7 billion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project will be in jeopardy if the US-sponsored sanctions are imposed by the UN on Iran as Pakistan has recently signed the project with Iran, scheduled to get operational by 2014.

Only UN curbs mandatory, clarifies PM Gilani reverses stance on Iran sanctions

 

[Hyde]

but is it not exactly the same what he said yesterday?

 

[xenia]

ISLAMABAD, June 22

 

[WAQAS119]

but is it not exactly the same what he said yesterday?

please post his exact statement otherwise this article is creating many doubts on Gilani's ability to govern this country.