‘US considering energy help to Pak’

Pakistan has said that the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline would remain viable even if India opted out of the project. ‘‘A gas pi...

Pakistan has said that the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline would remain viable even if India opted out of the project. ‘‘A gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan is viable even if India pulls out of the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project,’’ Ahmed Waqar, secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, said.

Meanwhile, reports here said the United States is considering a proposal to help Pakistan meet its energy needs as part of its efforts to wean India and Pakistan away from building a pipeline for bringing gas from Iran, officials said.

US officials told a group of journalists from South Asia touring Washington that the US offer of cooperation on the civilian nuclear technology to India was also part of its efforts to ‘‘stop’’ the construction of the proposed pipeline. ‘‘They (US officials) have not ruled out helping Pakistan meet its energy needs,’’ Dawn quoted Pakistan’s charge de affairs in Washington, Mohammed Sadiq, as saying. Asked if the US offer would also include civilian nuclear reactors, sadiq said: ‘‘It includes both conventional and non-conventional sources of energy.’’ However, the Pakistan Foreign Office said the US had not made any such formal offer to Pakistan.

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