The west pressured Pakistan and that's why the natural gas pipeline was not finished on the Pakistani side. That's the fact of the matter.
Anyways, in case of war, India has missiles as well and they have a superior navy, so transporting crude / natural gas via ships will be extremely risky. They might very well target your ports as well.
Remember India is several times larger than Pakistan and Pakistan's capital and infrastructure are all extremely close to the Indian border. However India's capital and infrastructure are far from Pakistan's border.
On its own Pakistan is at a major disadvantage with India, In terms of technology you're more on less on par but India outnumbers Pakistan 7 to 1 in terms of manpower.
This is why Pakistan has allied so closely with China. Pakistan requires allies against India. Pakistan has lost all of the major wars against India, including Bangladesh. Those are bitter memories and Pakistan does not want to see a repeat.
Pakistan needs strong and dependable allies to fight India and allies that have access to its border preferably. Turkey won't suffice since they don't even share a border with Pakistan. That's idealism, not realism.
Also Iran never "went for India" Iran merely wants to trade with India since they possess such a massive marketplace. The west and Arabs also trade with them actively. Nothing wrong with that.
Anyways, in case of war, India has missiles as well and they have a superior navy, so transporting crude / natural gas via ships will be extremely risky. They might very well target your ports as well.
Remember India is several times larger than Pakistan and Pakistan's capital and infrastructure are all extremely close to the Indian border. However India's capital and infrastructure are far from Pakistan's border.
On its own Pakistan is at a major disadvantage with India, In terms of technology you're more on less on par but India outnumbers Pakistan 7 to 1 in terms of manpower.
This is why Pakistan has allied so closely with China. Pakistan requires allies against India. Pakistan has lost all of the major wars against India, including Bangladesh. Those are bitter memories and Pakistan does not want to see a repeat.
Pakistan needs strong and dependable allies to fight India and allies that have access to its border preferably. Turkey won't suffice since they don't even share a border with Pakistan. That's idealism, not realism.
Also Iran never "went for India" Iran merely wants to trade with India since they possess such a massive marketplace. The west and Arabs also trade with them actively. Nothing wrong with that.
Assalamualaikum!
No India cannot do a blockade to Pakistan simply because our naval power is constantly rising.we can hit their carriers at distance of 600km away from air,700km away from land.and submarines have not just entered the race.
It's not due to outer pressure that Pakistan has never tried to enhance trade with iran.it has more to do with reason that our leaders have never taken interest in enhancing ties with Iran after shah e Iran.this is purely due to our history.Pakistan went for Arabs and you went for India as you had no other option for trade.
Now your land has been used against Pakistan,we literally care for only Afghanistan and have never interfered in Iran.simply your direction is different,ours is different.
We should now ensure peaceful settlement of Taliban.then should remain neutral in each other's affairs.
Your claim that Pakistan went bankrupt due to funding Taliban is just baseless and has no reality.
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