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Current Pakistan National Affairs Agreement reached on Tapi gas pipeline: The leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Turkmenistan agreed on December 11 to move forward with a complicated and risky plan to build a natural gas pipeline across rugged territory plagued by war and terrorism.     The pipeline, which would terminate in India, would bring huge amounts of gas …

Current Pakistan National Affairs Remittances reach $3.5b in 4 months: Remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis are growing at a faster pace as these reached $3.5 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year, giving hope for cumulative $10 billion inflows by the end of this year. EU approves trade aid package for Pakistan: On Nov 11, European …