Pakistan will not succumb to pressure on Iran gas pipeline, foreign minister says
Voice of America
FILE - An Iranian worker walks past the Pakistan-Iran Gas Pipeline Project in Gabd near Pakistani border in Iran, March 11, 2013. FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left, walks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a welcome ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 22, 2024. (Prime Minister Office via AP)
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said Tuesday his country will not back off from building a much-delayed gas pipeline with Iran.
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