singapore june 13 reuters  pakistan has issued two tenders seeking spot liquefied natural gas lng cargoes for the first time in nearly a year on tuesday while also announcing a deal that will see azerbaijan provide the country with one lng cargo per month dependent on gas for power generation and running short of foreign exchange to pay for imports the country has struggled to procure spot cargoes of lng after global prices spiked last year following russias invasion of ukraine leaving it to face widespread power outages but asian spot lng prices this year have eased from record highs of 70mmbtu hit in august and are now trading below 10 pakistan lng a government subsidiary that procures lng from the international market has one tender seeking six cargoes on a deliveredexship des basis to port qasim in karachi in october and december according to the tenders posted online the delivery windows are oct 56 2021 and 31 and dec 78 1314 and 2425 the tender will close on june 20 pakistan lngs second tender seeks three cargoes also on des basis to port qasim for delivery windows of january 34 2829 and february 2324 the second tender closes on july 14 pakistan lng last issued a tender seeking 10 spot cargoes in july 2022 but it received no offers separately on tuesday pakistans petroleum minister musadik malik told a news conference that azerbaijan will supply an lng cargo every month to pakistan at a cheaper price he did not share details on the supply deal but said that a contract had already been signed with azerbaijan and that it will start soon pakistan has two longterm supply deals with qatar one signed in 2016 for 375 million metric tons of lng a year and another signed in 2021 for 3 million metric tons a year it also has an annual portfolio contract with eni for 075 million metric tons a year in 2022 pakistans imports of lng slowed to 693 million metric tons for the year down from 823 million metric tons in 2021 according to data from data analytics group kpler