Since India asked Iran to intervene and help resolve the Mumbai standoff, Iran and Pakistan have instead become closer and have been making various trade agreements. Are fates if Iran and Pakistan inter-related?
Fate of Iran, Pakistan Inter-related: Iranian President
**ISLAMABAD(APP): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for further expansion of Tehran‑Islamabad cooperation in all fields, says a message received here. Talking to Advisor to Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain in Tehran, the Iranian President stressed that the regional states, in particular Iran and Pakistan, should counter the influence of foreign countries through all‑out cooperation. **
Dr Asim called on the Iranian President at his office on Tuesday.
Welcoming the Pakistani delegation, Iranian President stated that the fate of Iran and Pakistan as two regional Muslim countries is tied together.
He described Iran and Pakistan as two friendly and brotherly countries.
Dr Asim Hussain, said that Pakistan‑Iran historical and profound relations are constructive and growing.
He said Islamabad believes that expansion of all‑out ties between the two countries would benefit both sides.
He conveyed warm greetings of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to the President and people of Iran which were warmly reciprocated by the Iranian President.
The Ambassador of Pakistan to Iran, M.B. Abbasi, was also present during the meeting.
Dr Asim also met with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and discussed matters of mutual and bilateral interest.
Shukria. It seems Pakistan and Iran **could **have shared the profits together; or Pakistan **could **have reimbursed Iran for its oil.
See, these "coulds" have kept Pakistan deprived of its own resources.
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i dont think its fair, if we can drill oil in our soil we are not steeling, if that pact was signed did we get any compensation for that?
recently an oil company caught pumping out oil under a private property of a millionare here in surrey UK, then intentially drilled under his property from an adjacent land, this has been carried on since many years, it was only discovered when he ordered some construction on his part of the land.
That may be called as stealing, and court gave him compensation from the company for the past pumped oil and large share for future pumping:)
i dont think its fair, if we can drill oil in our soil we are not steeling, if that pact was signed did we get any compensation for that?
I agree, if Pakistan is drilling oil on its side and the well is tilted towards Pakistan or may be the "root" of well is inside Pakistan then we have all the rights to drill for the oil.
May God protect everyone from getting the same "fate" as of Iran. Mullah rule, high unemployment, international sanctions, and the threat of oncoming jootas from the West.
Bi Billi chooha landora hi bhala. Pakistan already has troubles and it should avoid the fate of Iran at every cost.
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A pact was signed off in the 80s in which Pakistan agreed not to drill off the coast because the slope would help Pakistan extract Iran's oil.
Shukria. It seems Pakistan and Iran could have shared the profits together; or Pakistan could have reimbursed Iran for its oil.
i dont think its fair, if we can drill oil in our soil we are not steeling, if that pact was signed did we get any compensation for that?...
One of the greatest blunder of Zia regime but unfortunately not alot of people talk about it :(
I agree, if Pakistan is drilling oil on its side and the well is tilted towards Pakistan or may be the "root" of well is inside Pakistan then we have all the rights to drill for the oil.
Nothinng to do with Zia-ul-Haq. When Pakistan was created, it had border disputes with all of it's four neighbours.
Iran agreed to settle the issue then and there as long as Pakistan would sign half-a-century long pact that, Pakistan would not drill oil in Balochistan next to the Iranian border as Iran believed, that oil was part of the same well in Iran. Basically it was a land for oil deal. I believe this pact is due to expire in the next few years Insha'Allah.
Nothinng to do with Zia-ul-Haq. When Pakistan was created, it had border disputes with all of it's four neighbours.
Iran agreed to settle the issue then and there as long as Pakistan would sign half-a-century long pact that, Pakistan would not drill oil in Balochistan next to the Iranian border as Iran believed, that oil was part of the same well in Iran. Basically it was a land for oil deal. I believe this pact is due to expire in the next few years Insha'Allah.
I'm not aware of any pact being signed in the 1980s with Iran. However, I assume maybe Zia-ul-Hq renewed the agreement with Iran because there was a massive governmental change.
I am also aware that Saddam Hussain was smuggling weapons to the Balochistan's Bugti separatists in the 1980s because Pakistan opted to stay neautral in the Ian-Iraq war. As a result Iran informed Pakistan of what was going in the consulates/Emabassies, which lead to the arrest of Iraqi official/s (ambassador?). Maybe some sort of pact was signed between Iran and Pakistan then as a result of that development, but I cannot confirm it.
This slope business is probably an urban legend. If we can get gas from Balochistan, why not oil?
Moreover this oil pouring out of Iran and getting into Pakistan does not make sense. Just look at this map for all the Iranian oil and gas fields. None of them is in Iranian Balochistan or near Pakistani border. In fact they all are located next to Iraqi border. If Iraq didn’t sign such a strange agreement, how on earth Pakistan would. Just look at this linky to see the “picture”.
May be we have a real geologist guppy who can enlighten us. Until then, this is clearly a conspiracy theory.
I'm not aware of any pact being signed in the 1980s with Iran. However, I assume maybe Zia-ul-Hq renewed the agreement with Iran because there was a massive governmental change.
I am also aware that Saddam Hussain was smuggling weapons to the Balochistan's Bugti separatists in the 1980s because Pakistan opted to stay neautral in the Ian-Iraq war. As a result Iran informed Pakistan of what was going in the consulates/Emabassies, which lead to the arrest of Iraqi official/s (ambassador?). Maybe some sort of pact was signed between Iran and Pakistan then as a result of that development, but I cannot confirm it.
Serious accusations my friend.
p.s. Zia did sign a pact, I cited my reference above. I am not blaming Zia, btw.
So why was the pact signed then? Also, a ‘real geologist’ guppie might be able to explain how there is a very distinct possibility of finding oil in the coastal line around Baluchistan, but the surveys are deemed too expensive to carry out.
So why was the pact signed then? Also, a 'real geologist' guppie might be able to explain how there is a very distinct possibility of finding oil in the coastal line around Baluchistan, but the surveys are deemed too expensive to carry out.
Did you see the oil-gas field map from the link?
Did you notice the location of the "Green color" Iranian Oil field that is closest to Pakistan?
That oil field is in Shiraz and it happens to be 1,000 - 1,200 km from the nearest point on Pakistai border.
It is like someone living in Karachi objecting to the drilling in Islamabad or Lahore.
So any theory about Iranian oil sloping down to Pakistan is just a hog wash and a big one. The only way it slopes down is towards Iraq.
Whatever treaty was signed must be for something else like sarson ka tail. Bro! use some critical thinking please.
