ISLAMABAD – Islamabad has urged both Iran and US to show restraint addingthat any attack on Iran will be destructive for the regional peace.
‘The Nation’ it its report quoting senior officials of the foreign ministrysaid that Pakistan had spoken to both the US and Iran over the issue andurged restraint.
“We have conveyed our concerns to the US. We believe any attack on Iranwill be destructive for the regional peace,” said one official.
Another official said that Pakistan had contacted Iran and advisedrestraint. “We have urged both the sides to ensure peace,” he maintained.
Earlier, the US government approved the deployment of a Patriot missiledefence battery and another warship to the Middle East amid increasingtensions between the US and Iran.
Tensions between Iran and the US have escalated sharply in recent weeks.The US unilaterally backed out of a 2015 nuclear pact in May 2018, givingcountries worldwide a year to stop buying Iranian oil or face US sanctions.
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The report says amid US-Iran tension, Pakistan aims to complete theIran-Pakistan gas pipeline project soon despite Washington’s reservations.
Islamabad has decided to send demarches to US, European council and otherrelated forums on the IP project. Prime Minister Imran Khan has alreadyasked Foreign Minister ShahMehmood Qureshi to resolve the irritants to complete the project.
For years, Pakistan and Iran have been working to complete the IP gaspipeline project soon to resolve Pakistan’s energy crisis. IP pipelineproject – also called Peace Pipeline – is aimed at constructing a pipelinefrom Iran’s South Pars fields by the Persian Gulf to Pakistan’s majorcities of Karachi and Multan.
