Afghanistan, Nov. 4 -- Pakistan's Federal Minister for Petroleum, Ali Pervaiz Malik, told the National Assembly on 26 October that the closure of the Pakistan-Iran border is one of the main reasons for the soaring price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and that the government is now trying to bring in fuel by sea instead. By then, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief and Chief of Defence Forces, had flown to Tehran twice in a single week, on 20 and 26 October. At home, the visits were presented as proof that bilateral ties were sound, and the Gabd-Rimdan crossing partially reopened four days after the first trip. Pakistan's military spokesman later asked why the field marshal would go twice "if it is not for some positivity...