No dictation, please! (On Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline)

[FarCenter]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rejected on Friday the suggestion of US Ambassador Cameron Munter that the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project was not in its interest. Talking to the media, Information Minister Firdaus Ashiq Awan said that Pakistan would not take dictation from any one on the project and would do whatever was in the interest of the country. She said that that Iran and Pakistan were neighbours and that the two countries had been involved in trade and enjoyed economic relations to their mutual advantage. About the Turkmenistan gas pipeline project, she said that there had been significant progress on it during the visit of the Turkmenistan president to Pakistan.

No dictation, please!

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Perhaps the attack on the border post was to emphasize the US' displeasure with Pakistan having relations with Iran?

[Prometheus Bound]

1. Well it just helped enormously to solidify Pakistan-Iran relations.

It's hard to imagine the stupidity of the people who make these decisions. We like to think they are smarter than us, but sadly they seem to be as dumb as tree stumps.