Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik has expressed gratitude to Kuwait’s government for its “timely facilitation and support in ensuring the safe dispatch of vessel Khairpur, which reached Pakistan carrying diesel supplies during a challenging period”.

He said this during a meeting with Kuwait’s ambassador to Pakistan, Nassar Abdulrahman Jasser Almutairi, in Islamabad, according to a statement issued by the Petroleum Division.

Malik highlighted that the vessel transported approximately 45,000 tonnes of diesel and 10,000 tonnes of jet fuel from Kuwait to Pakistan under special approvals, following disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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