posted April 28, 2006 10:31 PM              

This is the reason Bush went to India...

By Khaleeq Kiani

ISLAMABAD, April 27: India is expected to formally join $5billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan gas pipeline by mid May and stay away from Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline in the wake of its civil-nuclear energy pact with the United States.

Pakistan has been informed through informal channels that Indian cabinet would approve a plan by early next month to request Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan to join the pipeline through the Asian Development Bank.

The project would then be renamed as the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project, sources in the petroleum ministry said on Thursday.

The Indian petroleum ministry, they said, was believed to have already referred the case of TAPI to the cabinet for approval.

Based on interactions with Indian authorities recently, the sources said, it was Islamabad’s understanding that India would not be joining the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project at least for the time being, leaving Iran and Pakistan to pursue the project.

The sources, however, said a number of issues on the TAP project were still to be legally resolved, including certification of the Daulatabad gas field reserves, gas volumes to be transported by the pipeline, gas pricing, pipeline security and the overall project structure, which is presently being examined.

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan had formally asked India on Feb 15 this year to decide about joining the gas pipeline project by May 15, 2006.

The project is expected to take precedence over Iranian and Qatari gas imports to India and Pakistan because of its cost effectiveness. It would cost $5billion against $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India and $8 billion Qatar-Pakistan-India pipelines.

A clear response from India on the TAP project is a must before launching of the detailed feasibility study and engineering design of the project by June this year.

posted April 30, 2006 02:57 PM              

Respect and Love for ALL

posted May 01, 2006 10:58 AM              

For peaceful balance in the planet, it is very important for India to re-assume the leadership position it held for thousands and thousands of years before the Karma of rigid casteism took its toll.

Yup, India holds many of the cards in the world today. India has most of the world's gold and the natural gas reserves are more than anywhere else in the world. More than 50% of Indian graduates know either calculus, Operations research or software programming. The Indian Stock Market has a higher PE ratio than any other in the world, and the most bullish investors are American and British Funds. Indians still eat organic food and there is no fluoride in the drinking water to weaken the pineal gland functioning.

America has military bases worldwide but divine intervention has seen to it that Indians have "Human Resource" bases worldwide, from USA to Latin America to Middle East to Australia.

The Indian is humble (with some notable exceptions ), canny, hardworking and believes in Karma. The Family support system is strongest than any other nation.

The Indian Prime Minister is a buddy of Chvez and Bush at the same time!

India also some of the most terrible problems to tackle. Libran balance?