ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan aur United States ne taweel muddat ke tawanai supply contracts aur Pakistan ke refinery upgrade programme mein American sarmayakari par baat cheet ki hai, jabke Islamabad Middle East mein jari tanaze ke dauran fuel ki farahmi barqarar rakhne ki koshish kar raha hai.
Yeh baat cheet wafaqi Wazir-e-Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik aur US ki qaim maqam sifaratkar Natalie A. Baker ke darmiyan mulaqat mein hui, jaisa ke Peer ko jari kiye gaye press release mein bataya gaya.
Malik ne Baker ko un iqdamat ke bare mein aagah kiya jo Pakistan ne jiyo-siyasi surat-e-haal badalne ke saath apni tawanai ki supply mehfooz banane ke liye uthaye hain, aur us dabao ke bare mein bhi bataya jo Middle East mein jari tanaze ne fuel ki dastyabi par dala hai.
Baker ne Pakistan ko fuel supplies sanbhalne ke tareeqe par mubarakbad di, aur kaha ke khitte mein mushkil halaat ke bawajood mulk fuel ki qillat se bacha raha.
Wazir ne kaha ke donon mulk pehle hi is bare mein baat kar rahe hain ke woh kahan mil kar kaam kar sakte hain, aur ke Pakistan ka refinery upgrade programme US maali idaron ke liye sarmayakari ke mauqe paida kar sakta hai.
Baker ne kaha ke United States Pakistan ki tawanai ki zaruratein poori karne ke liye qareebi taur par kaam karne ke liye tayyar hai. Unhon ne Pakistan mein US companies ke liye mauqe paida karne ki ahmiyat par zor diya aur kaha ke woh taweel muddat ke tawanai supply contracts ke bare mein pur-ummeed hain jo donon mulkon ke liye faidamand ho sakte hain aur American firms ko karobar dila sakte hain.
Pakistan State Oil (PSO) aur Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) ke managing directors ne ijlas ko bataya ke US companies ne Pakistan ko liquefied natural gas (LNG) faraham karne mein dilchaspi zahir ki hai.
United States akela mulk nahin hai jo Pakistan ko gas ki pesh kash kar raha hai. April mein Azerbaijan ne khud ko Pakistan ke liye LNG supplier ke taur par pesh kiya tha.
Malik ne US companies ko aane wale Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum (PMIF) mein shirkat ki dawat bhi di. Unhon ne United States ki madad par shukriya ada kiya aur kaha ke donon mulkon ke darmiyan qareebi rabte se tawanai mein taawun aur Pakistan ki taweel muddat ki tawanai security mazboot hogi.
