Pakistan forms committee to break Iran gas pipeline deadlock
By The BriefBrief
Pakistan’s government has constituted a high-powered committee to find a “mutually acceptable” way out of the decades-old impasse over the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline. Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif set up the panel to examine the project’s legal, financial and energy dimensions amid looming penalty threats.
WHO:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif; Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik
WHAT:A high-powered committee was formed to recommend a way forward on the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline deadlock.
WHEN:Reported Aug 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE:Pakistan
WHY:The government is weighing the cost of potential penalties against the country’s growing energy needs and seeking a mutually acceptable resolution to the decades-old pipeline impasse.
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