ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved the draft protocol on amendments in Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between Pakistan and Russia on North-South Gas Pipeline (NSGP) Project, it was learnt on Tuesday. According to sources, the Petroleum Division, in a summary titled ‘NSGP project – approval of protocol on the agreement between Govt of Pakistan (GoP) and the Russian Federation’, had sought an approval from the federal cabinet. Subsequently, the Petroleum Division proposed certain amendments in the IGA to Russian Federation. The two sides also formed their respective technical committees to finalize technical parameters of NSGP and negotiated the protocol amendments to the IGA. The JTC finalized the protocol on the amendments to the IGA, subject to approval from respective governmental authorities.

Source: Pakistan Today March 16, 2021 17:48 UTC