THIS is about news items and comments that appear in Dawn from time to time.

Dawn and the media generally refer to the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline as 15 years old.

Actually, my late father, Malik Aftab Ahmad Khan, SJ, first conceived of the idea in the 1950s. He called it `Persian pipeline`.

Please see the following website: http`/ self.gutenberg/iran-pakistan-india pipeline and http//muslim-acadmy.com./pak/ iran-gas-pipeline-project/ Dr Waqar Aftab Malik London