MFN-status to India not on table | Pakistan FM

[Edevelop]

Islamabad, Aug 31: Granting MFN-status to India is not on the table "for the time being" as Pakistan's "own interests have to be defended first", Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said.
The remarks by Dar, a close aide of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, came within days of the World Bank saying in a report that Pakistan will benefit from granting Most Favoured Nation (MFN)-status to India.
Dar said in an interview with state-run PTV that granting MFN-status to India was not on the table "as our country’s own interests have to be defended first".
Pakistan moved from a positive list regime to a negative list regime for trade with India last year, significantly increasing the number of items that can be traded between the two sides.
However, Pakistan missed its own December 31 deadline for phasing out the negative list and giving India MFN-status.
Dar's remarks indicated that the PML-N government which came to power in the May 11 election too is reluctant to act on the issue.

MFN status to India not on table Pakistan FM Lastupdate:- Sun, 1 Sep 2013 18:30:00 GMT GreaterKashmir.com

 

[Kompromat]

I also demand TAPI to be renamed - TAP.

 

[curioususer]

I also demand TAPI to be renamed - TAP.

Will Turkmenistan agree to it?

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

I also demand TAPI to be renamed - TAP.

Can't the pipeline be re-routed to China instead of India?

We are currently the largest energy consumer in the world, far surpassing India.

We already do have a pipeline to Turkmenistan through Central Asia, but having 2 pipelines will be useful in improving the stability of supply, and is certainly better than having India benefiting from such a pipeline.

India was supposed to be cut off from Central Asia after Pakistan reclaimed GB, which was one of the biggest strategic blows to India.

TAPI will be counter-productive to that.

 

[Kompromat]

Can't the pipeline be re-routed to China instead of India?

We are currently the largest energy consumer in the world, far surpassing India.

We already do have a pipeline to Turkmenistan through Central Asia, but having 2 pipelines will be useful in improving the stability of supply, and is certainly better than having India benefiting from such a pipeline.

India was supposed to be cut off from Central Asia after Pakistan reclaimed GB, which was one of the biggest strategic blows to India.

TAPI will be counter-productive to that.

You already are getting a pipe from C.Asia. You will get two pipes from us, both gas and oil from Iran and Middle east.

I will be DEEPLY pisssed off if either of them end up in India. Starving India of energy security has to be the cornerstone of our India containment strategy.

Will Turkmenistan agree to it?

Buyer is stronger than the supplier. Turkmenistan didn't agree to deal on a condition of extending the pipe to India.

 

[curioususer]

Buyer is stronger than the supplier. Turkmenistan didn't agree to deal on a condition of extending the pipe to India.

Buyer will buy when the supplier supplies. Maybe they don't have faith in a disintegrating country.

 

[Kompromat]

Buyer will buy when the supplier supplies. Maybe they don't have faith in a disintegrating country.

I feel your pain.....i really do.

 

[KingMamba]

You already are getting a pipe from C.Asia. You will get two pipes from us, both gas and oil from Iran and Middle east.

I will be DEEPLY pisssed off if either of them end up in India. Starving India of energy security has to be the cornerstone of our India containment strategy.



Buyer is stronger than the supplier. Turkmenistan didn't agree to deal on a condition of extending the pipe to India.

If Pakistani leaders had any common sense they would have realized this long ago, India has to be starved, heck even border transit for trade between India and Afghanistan needs to be halted.

 

[gslv mk3]

Seriously mods here think that they can deny India of ' Energy security '

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

You already are getting a pipe from C.Asia. You will get two pipes from us, both gas and oil from Iran and Middle east.

I will be DEEPLY pisssed off if either of them end up in India. Starving India of energy security has to be the cornerstone of our India containment strategy.



Buyer is stronger than the supplier. Turkmenistan didn't agree to deal on a condition of extending the pipe to India.

A direct pipeline from Iran would be the dream.

India has no land link to Central Asia, so their only options are Chabahar port and TAPI. China is currently trying to wrest influence of Chabahar from India, and considering our cash reserves, we can out-bid India easily. Plus we buy considerably more oil from Iran, so India is in real danger of losing Chabahar port to our influence.

Central Asia is not only one of the most resource-rich regions in the world, it has also been called the "geostrategic pivot of history". Any aspiring great power needs to have influence there.

If we can lock India off from Central Asia then it will put a huge road-block in front of their regional aspirations.

Or TAPI if completed, could be used as a choke-point where Pakistan could squeeze India.

 

[Kompromat]

If Pakistani leaders had any common sense they would have realized this long ago, India has to be starved, heck even border transit for trade between India and Afghanistan needs to be halted.

Count on ISI.

A direct pipeline from Iran would be the dream.

India has no land link to Central Asia, so their only options are Chabahar port and TAPI. China is currently trying to wrest influence of Chabahar from India, and considering our cash reserves, we can out-bid India easily. Plus we buy considerably more oil from Iran, so India is in real danger of losing Chabahar port to our influence.

Central Asia is not only one of the most resource-rich regions in the world, it has also been called the "geostrategic pivot of history". Any aspiring great power needs to have influence there.

If we can lock India off from Central Asia then it will put a huge road-block in front of their regional aspirations.

Or TAPI if completed, could be used as a choke-point where Pakistan could squeeze India.

Ideally, i'd rather have China buy out Chahbahar, as it will be a win win for our camp. Alternatively, if Chahbahar does go to Iran, we then need to turn Gwadar into a Naval powerhouse - with our finger on the trigger anytime, any day.

We will look after India in Afghanistan, you take care of the Chahbahar thing, we'll cover the Arabs, you cover Iran - it will be the final blow, from where Indian dreams of hegemony will go 'Slide Down'.

 

[curioususer]

@Aeronaut

What hallucinogens are you taking?

 

[anonymus]

If Pakistani leaders had any common sense they would have realized this long ago, India has to be starved, heck even border transit for trade between India and Afghanistan needs to be halted.

Probably you are ignorant regarding existence of these

Or the fact that Natural gas is not as geographically concentrated as oil(which is easier to transport) which decreases it's chances of being used as a leverage.

 

[KingMamba]

Probably you are ignorant regarding existence of these

Or the fact that Natural gas is not as geographically concentrated as oil(which is easier to transport) which decreases it's chances of being used as a leverage.

He was talking about pipelines, I concurred.

 

[Gautam]

This will make our lives miserable. Now that Pakistan has denied us this MFN thing, India have little time left before it is destroyed.