Union Oil Company of California, Unocol, is known for the dubious role it played in Afghanistan before and after 9/11.
On August 10, 2005, Unocal merged with Chevron Corporation, one of the world’s “supermajor” oil companies (also known as “Big Oil”). While Deobandi Taliban rulers of Kabul were busy in slaughtering moderate Sunnis, Shias, Tajiks, Hazaras etc, Unocol-Chevron was busy in lucrative business deals with the Deobandi Taliban terrorists, looking at big oil interests in the Caspian Basin. Eventually, Wahhabi terrorists of Al Qaeda (harbored by Deobandi Taliban terrorist of Afghanistan) attacked the United Sates on 9/11, and thus the negotiations with the Taliban for a UNOCOL pipeline fell through.

It is a known fact that right from Afghanistan to Iraq, US-led wars were primarily motivated by its pursuit for oil. Oil corporations eg Unocol-Chevron are known to have great influence on the US-foreign policy, including currently sustained drone attacks on Wahhabi Deobandi militants hideouts in Pakistan’s tribal areas.

Now it has been revealed that Tariq Fatemi, Pakistan’s PM Nawaz Sharif’s advisor on Foreign Affairs, is still working for the oil and gas giant Unocol. He is accused of doing two job as the PM’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs as well as at Unicol-Chevron. According to media reports he is on leave from Unocol and has not resigned. Also, this may cause a conflict of interest. Unocol is notorious for trying to promote Turkemanistan-Afghanistan pipeline, and in the process flirting with Taliban in its heydays. This also brings his influence on policies, particularly the Iran gas pipeline in conflict. How could we trust somebody for an independent policy when he was on the payroll of a dubious firm. The issue is bound to come up for discussion in the Parliament soon, where, by the way, he has got his wife nominated as MNA on women quota.

In essence:

– Nawaz Sharif’s foreign policy is influenced and shaped by US-based Oil Corporations;

– Nawaz Sharif government is likely to dump the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline to promote Unocol and other USA’s interests in the region;

– Nawaz Sharif continues to pretend as anti-drone and anti-NATO presence in Afghanistan while in practice he has sold Pakistan’s interests to greedy Oil Conglomerates;

– Despite his tall claims of transparency and integrity, Nawaz Sharif and his aides remain corrupt and opaque in governance.

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