Without caving in to international pressure, the government must go ahead with the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project to end the energy crisis in the country, Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo said.
While commenting on the recent statement of the Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz about the Pakistan-Iran Gas Pipeline Project, Wattoo urged the government Wednesday to pursue the building of the pipeline project. He said it was the landmark project that was vigorously pursued by the former president Asif Ali Zardari who undertook a number of visits to the brotherly country Iran to translate the visionary project into reality.
He maintained that the project offered the quickest solution of energy problems of the country at competitive rates because the flow of gas in the pipeline could have been enough to produce more than 2,000 Mega Watts of electricity by power plants that will help in providing uninterrupted supply of energy to the industrial sector as well.
Iran-Oman-India project for a deep sea pipeline, The $5 billion proposal was discussed separately with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid and Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif during the meeting on Friday. According to reports in the Iranian media, the Iran-Oman-India pipeline would source its gas from Iran's South Pars oil and gas fields located in the Arabian Gulf. The pipeline would be 1,400 kilometres long.
In December 2013, reports emerged that an Indian firm had conducted feasibility studies for the proposed deep sea pipeline route with favourable results. Source: Times Of Oman MARCH 02, 2014
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