Pakistan, June 23 -- Pakistan received its seventh Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargo since April after another carrier from Qatar arrived in the country on Monday morning, as Islamabad secures its energy supplies as tensions in the Middle East ease.

According to maritime analytics provider Marine Traffic, MRAIKH is an LNG tanker sailing under the flag of France. Pakistani newspaper "The News" reported that the ship was carrying 170,148 cubic meters of LNG from Qatar under a long-term contract priced at 13.37 percent of Brent crude.

Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in February this year in response to joint US-Israeli strikes against it. Nearly 20 percent of the world's oil and gas supplies are transported through the key mar...