Senior officials of the Balochistan Home Department have revealed that recent incidents of terrorism and cross-border infiltration in the province are linked to networks operating from Afghanistan. Speaking at a press conference in Quetta, Additional Chief Secretary Home Hamza Shafqaat, DIG CTD Aitzaz Goraya, and Special Assistant to the Home Department Babar Yousafzai said that […]
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Saudi pipeline hits capacity as Hormuz remains shut
Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, which circumvents the Strait of Hormuz, is pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port on the Red Sea have now ?reached 5 million barrels a day, […]
Putin says pipeline gas supplies to Pakistan are possible
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that pipeline gas supplies to Pakistan are possible, and that part of the necessary infrastructure is already in place, Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported. Russian President and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met today on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Prime Minister Muhammad […]
Iran offers completion of gas pipeline project with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Ali Hosseini on Tuesday offered his government’s support to complete Iran-Pakistan (IP) Gas Pipeline project and hinted to extend cooperation in other fields of mutual interest. Ambassador Hosseini, in an interview, said Iran was willing to further strengthen mutual trade cooperation; completion of energy projects, especially the IP gas pipeline; progress […]
Mexican navy says member killed in attack while patrolling pipeline
One member of Mexico’s navy was killed and three were injured on Saturday when they came under fire while patrolling a section of state-run oil firm Pemex’s frequently plundered pipelines, the country’s naval secretary said. Members of the navy were monitoring part of the Tuxpan-Azcapotzalco pipeline, which runs from the southeastern state of Veracruz to […]