According to a report, Pakistan recently announced a force majeure situation and a justifiable event for Iran to suspend its contractual obligations regarding the completion of the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project with Iran due to external factors beyond its control. in control of Islamabad.
The Dawn Pakistan news site wrote: With this announcement, the government of Pakistan has expressed its inability to proceed with this project unless US sanctions on Iran are lifted or Washington gives Islamabad the green light to start this project, which has been stalled for almost a decade. .to continue
According to written statements made by Pakistan's Oil Minister, Mossadegh Malik, to the National Assembly, this country has issued a force majeure notice to Iran within the framework of the gas purchase and sale agreement, which consequently suspends Pakistan's obligations under this agreement.
Pakistan's excuse for breaking gas deal with Iran
The Pakistani Oil Minister also mentioned that Iran had opposed the declaration of force majeure.
This was in response to questions from a delegate about whether Pakistan had set a date for the completion of the gas pipeline project and whether there would be a penalty for delays.
In this response, Malik said: The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project was stopped due to international sanctions against Iran, and the activity of this project will start as soon as the sanctions against Iran are lifted and it there will no longer be any threat of sanctions.
Therefore, it is not possible to announce a date and deadline for the completion of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.
At the same time, Pakistan's oil minister admitted that if Iran took this issue to court, Pakistan's notification of force majeure and Iran's objection to its validity could only be resolved through a international arbitration tribunal.
Consequently, the exact amount of the fine, if imposed, will be subject to the judgment of the judges.
Iranian gas exports to Pakistan benefit both countries
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian, during a trip to Islamabad last month, stressed the need to carry out this project and said: This project will benefit both countries.
As the two countries agreed to increase bilateral trade to five billion dollars over the next five years, Amir Abdullahian said: The two sides should find a solution to some of the banking and financial problems between the two countries in the framework of international regulations and laws.

 gas export to Pakistan; Strategic error or revenue-generating project
In this regard, Mahmoud Khaqani, an expert in the field of energy, spoke in an interview with ILNA about the export of gas to Pakistan and the possibility of cooperation from Saudi Arabia to invest in the construction of a gas pipeline in this country. At that time, Russia imposed an energy policy on Iran and, in its strategic plan in Europe, sought to prevent a major competitor like Iran from exporting gas to Europe, which would result in sanctions against Iran. this pipeline fell into a coma, even if the JCPOA was able to put this program back on the agenda, but in any case, it was not an export program from which Iran would benefit.
He added: Anyway, Russia and China insisted that this program be implemented and 30 million cubic meters of Iranian gas be exported to Pakistan, but the fact is that history has proven that every country needs gas to provide its energy, whether for production. or Invest in pipeline construction.
That is, the same part that the 9th and 10th governments decided to build with Iranian money and almost 1.5 billion dollars were spent. Originally, India and Pakistan should have invested but they didn't, that is, those who were involved in making the policy. and approval of the country's energy saving policies were based on their interests, which were not national.