Pakistan’s handling of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project stands as one of the most shameful displays of diplomatic cowardice in recent history. For 25 years, Pakistan has betrayed Iran’s trust, wasted opportunities, and demonstrated its complete inability to act as a sovereign nation. This monumental failure exposes not just Pakistan’s weak governance but its subservience to Western interests at the cost of its own people’s welfare. The facts are damning. Iran has already built 900 kilometers of the 1,150-kilometer pipeline to its border, while Pakistan hasn’t laid a single meter of its required 781 kilometers.[1] This isn’t mere incompetence. It’s a deliberate betrayal of a neighboring country that trusted Pakistan enough to invest billions in infrastructure. The contrast between Iran’s commitment and Pakistan’s dereliction couldn’t be starker.

Pakistan’s excuses are as pathetic as its performance. While claiming it cannot proceed due to U.S. sanctions, Pakistan happily spends $3.9 billion annually on expensive LNG imports from Qatar, Nigeria, and Egypt.[2] The reality is quite different. Pakistan lacks the courage to stand up to American pressure, even when its own people suffer from severe energy shortages. This corrupt bargain with Western interests has left Pakistan’s industries crippled and its people freezing in winter. The numbers expose Pakistan’s deepening energy crisis. Daily gas consumption exceeds 6 billion cubic feet while domestic production limps along at 4 billion cubic feet. The Iranian pipeline could have delivered 750 million cubic feet of gas per day, substantially addressing this deficit.[3] Instead, Pakistan’s industries struggle, its people face gas shortages, and its economy bleeds foreign exchange on costly LNG imports that it can ill........

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