Pakistan to Seek Sanction Wavier for IP Pipeline

Pakistan is planning backdoor diplomacy to seek waiver from US sanctions pertaining to Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline.

According to Pakistani newspaper the Nation, higher authorities had informed Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif about the possible imposition of the sanctions quoting the legal opinion of the Law Division.

The newspaper added that Sharif has the task of backdoor diplomacy to concerned authorities. Further work on the IP gas pipeline project on Pakistan’s side would start after ensuring the US consent at top diplomatic level, the Nation said.

This issue will also be taken up by the Prime Minister with US President Barak Obama on the sidelines of UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York in September, sources told the newspaper.