Pakistan announced at the end of March that it was planning to ask the United States to relax possible sanctions around a natural gas pipeline project from neighboring Iran.

Islamabad wants to soon start work on the long-planned project, known as the "Peace Pipeline."

Both sides agreed to build the pipeline in 2009 but it has since faced delays and funding challenges.

Iran is now threatening Pakistan with legal action if it fails to build the Pakistani section of the pipeline.

"Pakistan wants to avoid a possible legal dispute with Iran in international courts and a fine of $18 billion (€16.6 billion)," Sabena Siddiqi, a Pakistani journalist specializing in foreign policy issues, told DW.

"Tehran has set September 2024 as a deadline for Islamabad to........

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