Iran desires a role in CPEC: Iranian Ambassador

[Indus Pakistan]

Generally Shias and Sunnis are pretty chill. Iranian Shias are very very hateful of Sunnis. I'm not talking about pseudo religious Iranians, but the actual Shias. I think they are more hateful of Sunnis than vise versa. I literally got told that I would go to hell by an Iranian Shia just because I'm Sunni.

Well you have a point but don't forget whilst many on both sides are relaxed - Iran has the highest positive rating according to polls in Pakistan. However both countries also have a large fringe who will kill with abandon driven by sectarian hatred. This is bad for both countries. I do believe that Pak/Iran combo has so much potential and if both worked with Chinese the sky is the limit.

However all that potential is arrested by sectarian divide.

 

[Hassan Guy]

LMAO, we would trigger some people across the border is Iran uses Chabahar to ship oil to Gwadar for China.

 

[NomanAli89]

Generally Shias and Sunnis are pretty chill. Iranian Shias are very very hateful of Sunnis. I'm not talking about pseudo religious Iranians, but the actual Shias. I think they are more hateful of Sunnis than vise versa. I literally got told that I would go to hell by an Iranian Shia just because I'm Sunni.

Agreed in my opinion there is a difference between Sunni Hate and Shia Hate , Sunnis just want Shias to stay away from them whereas Shias want a revenge, Their Zakir's spread revenge based hate i.e A revenge from Sunnis why they prevented their first Imam from becoming first caliph And why a Sunni Caliph attacked Holiest place on earth i.e Iran And a revenge from XYZ that why they prevented Iranian revolution export in Pakistan

 

[New Resolve]

The sectarian divide can be bridged on our end by following an independent foreign policy vis a vis SA and IRAN, only keeping our interests at heart. Both SA and IRAN have used Pakistan as a Sectarian Battle Front and this needs to be stamped on. On the home front we need to keep the whip going on sectarian terrorist organisations.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

I would take this Iranian after thought specially when the Saudi defacto king landed in Islamabad, had long discussions and left for Beijing afterwards. Saudis are proactively seeking Chinese market for their oil exports at the time when their relationship with west and America in particular are going south. Iranian have acted stupid in their relationship with India so far. They will be losing out to Saudis the world biggest energy market which in China if don't act swiftly. Pakistan got no problem with both Iran and Saudi Arabia competing for CPEC access for their energy exports, they can both use it, HOWEVER, anyone working against interests of Pakistan will be left out.

 

[Clutch]

If you scroll back I said I sometimes use harsh language as a conveyance of blunt reality. That blunt reality is that in one city alone - Quetta over 1,000 Shias have been murdered. If in France 1,000 Muslims were murdered in Paris I think you would conclude there is serious problem in that country. That is the exact situation of Shia in Pakistan. Why not look at the stats for killings instead of burying your head in sand?

Bottom line my sentance might have carried factually incorrect or loose content but it does not change the fact that Shia's are being killed in Pakistan like maggots. And before you ask, No. I m not a Shia.

Link > http://www.dawn.com/news/663772/a-history-of-religious-violence
Link > http://www.mei.edu/content/map/sectarian-violence-and-intolerance-pakistan

"On May 13, more than 40 people were killed and at least 13 injured in a gun attack on a bus carrying members of the minority Ismaili Shi‘i sect in Karachi, Pakistan.[1] This was not the deadliest attack of the year, as that dubious honor goes to a suicide bombing in a district in Sindh, which left 61 Shi‘a dead in January.[2] Yet the brazen nature of the attack―carried out in daylight in the bustling megacity of Karachi by gunmen who reportedly boarded the bus and shot at passengers indiscriminately―was striking even in a country where over 2,000 people have been killed and 3,500 injured in sectarian attacks in the past five years.

The large majority of these victims have been members of the Shi‘i sect of Islam who comprise approximately 15 percent of the country’s population (although precise numbers are unknown)"

It doesn't matter whether you are shia or not. The fact even one innocent shia is killed is a tragedy. I was just concerned about using hyperboly to extend that crime against humanity to over 50%. ... otherwise i agree with what you say.

 

[Serpentine]

Generally Shias and Sunnis are pretty chill. Iranian Shias are very very hateful of Sunnis. I'm not talking about pseudo religious Iranians, but the actual Shias. I think they are more hateful of Sunnis than vise versa. I literally got told that I would go to hell by an Iranian Shia just because I'm Sunni.

The amount of ignorance in one single post was just too damn high.

 

[Skywalker]

The hatred among common Pakistani Sunnis and Shias are next to nothing when you speak to them, it's the mullahs of both sects creat rifts due to obvious reasons, yes there are few confusions on the beliefs but nothing more than that. For us Pakistanis, Pakistan is much bigger than these things that's why mullahs were never able to form a central govt.

 

[tore]

Correction please , First of all Iran is not our brotherly country a brotherly country donot bomb your borders every other day neither a brotherly country support sectarianism and look for ways to export its bloody revolution
And only a small percentage of brainwashed population like Iran ........



Never saw him talking any sense ... idiot drunk hassan nisar is the most hated among Pakistani youth but for Indians he is an apple of an eye because he speaks their langauge



Iran only wants to facilitate India by joining CPEC we can never trust back stabber Iran with zionist ambitions

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Thanks for the spelling correction.

Sir, You are aware of the fact that Pakistan have bad relationship with India and very bad relationship with Afghanistan.
Pakistan cant afford to start conflict with Iran on trifles.

Iran do not bomb Pak army, they bomb Baloch criminals who have many times killed soliders of Iranian border control.
If Pakistan cant control our borders then Iran will react of course.

Pakistan lose even more strategic to have a bad relationship with Iran.
We have to sort out our ow house, stabilize it.

 

[Jaga Badmash]

ISLAMABAD: Iran is desirous of participating in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which is one of the greatest projects in the history of the region, Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoust said on Friday.

During a visit to the capital office of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), the Iranian envoy said his country has the capability to help the development of Pakistan’s economy through energy supply and construction of roads, railways dams and others area.

“At the same time, Pakistani textiles, rice, surgical goods, sports goods and agricultural products are in great demand in Iran,” he added.

However, Mr Honardoust acknowledged that trade and commerce between the two countries has been restricted due to lack of banking channels.

“Bilateral trade will get a boost after resolution of problems regarding banking which would disappear soon,” he added.

During his first visit to the FPCCI’s Islamabad office, the Iranian ambassador was welcomed by President FPCCI Abdul Rauf Alam, VP FPCCI Zafar Bakhtwari, former presidents ICCI Khalid Jaweed, Ijaz Abbasi, Chairman Coordination FPCCI Malik Sohail and others.

Mr Honardoust said that Iranian gas is the cheapest, fastest and most dependable source of energy for Pakistan.

“This project should be initiated at a fast track and soon Iran would complete its part of the pipeline at the cost of $2 billion,” he said.

Mr Honardoust dispelled the impression that international sanctions would restrict the IP gas pipeline project and said that many countries including China, India, Turkey, Japan and South Korea continued to buy energy from Iran during and after sanctions.

Speaking at the occasion, Mr Alam said Pakistan and Iran has already decided to increase annual trade volumes between the two countries to $5bn by 2021 for which efforts are needed.

Gwadar and Chabahar Ports are not rivals but they would supplement each other making the region centre of maritime trade, he said.

“Besides Pakistan can increase electricity imports from Iran but for which Tehran must reduce the price to make it competitive and attractive,” he added.

Published in Dawn, September 10th, 2016
http://www.dawn.com/news/1283098/

And we want to have share in Chaabhar port.....What Iranian says about this. Pakistan is not bday cake to have one piece and fly away we should make deals about that.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Hilary was winning but after CPEC i guess Trump will have a good chance.

 

[Moonlight]

@django how about putting "terms & conditions" on Iran for getting role in CPEC and making a deal to back off on this chahabhar project?

 

[django]

@django how about putting "terms & conditions" on Iran for getting role in CPEC and making a deal to back off on this chahabhar project?

The Iranians have invested heavily in Chahbhar, I doubt we have enough clout to make a deal for them to cut this project off however what we could do is ask them to close down those phony Hindian consulates in Zahedan as a precondtion for any participation in CPEC.Kudos kid.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Welcome to papa

 

[NomanAli89]

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Thanks for the spelling correction.

Sir, You are aware of the fact that Pakistan have bad relationship with India and very bad relationship with Afghanistan.
Pakistan cant afford to start conflict with Iran on trifles.

Iran do not bomb Pak army, they bomb Baloch criminals who have many times killed soliders of Iranian border control.
If Pakistan cant control our borders then Iran will react of course.

Pakistan lose even more strategic to have a bad relationship with Iran.
We have to sort out our ow house, stabilize it.

Your claims or statements are baseless check this news
http://tribune.com.pk/story/777075/...itory-kills-fc-official-injures-three-others/

Yes we cannot afford an open conflict with Iran but that doesn't mean we should close our eye and consider it as brotherly nation as some including yourself is trying to proof ,