Sanctions complicate Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project

FILE - An Iranian worker welds two gas pipes at the beginning of construction of a pipeline to transfer natural gas from Iran to Pakistan, in southeastern Iran, near the Pakistani border, March 11, 2013. FILE - Pakistani Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik speaks during an interview with AFP at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, May 8, 2023. FILE - Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch attends a media briefing in Islamabad, Jan. 18, 2024.

Pakistan Federal Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik said Wednesday that international sanctions have caused complications for the Iran-Pakistan cross-border natural gas pipeline project.