DOHA (The Thursday Times) — Qatar ka aik liquefied natural gas carrier Juma ki shaam Khaleej mein safar ke dauran "namaloom ashya" ki zad mein aa gaya, us ke malik Qatar Gas Transport Company ne Itwar ko kaha.
Al Mayeda ke amle mein se koi zakhmi nahin hua aur mahauliyati nuqsan bhi nahin hua, company ne Qatar Stock Exchange mein jama karaye gaye bayan mein kaha. Bayan ke mutabiq jahaz "mehfooz halat mein, chalu" hai aur waqie ke asrat ka jaiza liya ja raha hai. Bayan mein yeh nahin bataya gaya ke jahaz ko kis cheez ne nishana banaya aur woh theek kahan tha.
International Maritime Organization aur UK Maritime Trade Operations agency ke data ke mutabiq, February mein Iran par US-Israel jang shuru hone ke baad se 120 se zyada tijarati jahaz nishana ban chuke hain. October jang ke dauran jahazrani ke liye sab se bura maheena raha, jis mein kam az kam 29 jahaz nishana bane, jo March mein record kiye gaye 20 hamlon se zyada hain.
Iran ne jang ke aaghaz mein hi Strait of Hormuz band kar diya tha aur woh baar baar khabardar karta raha hai ke jo jahaz us ki ijazat ke baghair wahan se guzarne ki koshish karenge unhein "destruction" ka saamna karna parega. United States ke July mein Iran ke janoobi bandargahon ki nakabandi dobara nafiz karne ke baad se hamle barh gaye hain, aur strait dobara kholne par muzakrat mein ab tak bohat kam pesh raft hui hai.
Qatar dunya ke sab se bare LNG bar-amad karne walon mein se aik hai, aur us ke carriers ka bera Pakistan samet Asia aur Europe bhar ke kharidaron ko supply faraham karta hai.
