ISLAMABAD:
PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari welcomed the Iran nuclear deal on Wednesday, terming it a ‘far reaching development that holds the potential of a game changer in the region’.
“The agreement is a triumph of diplomacy and negotiations over coercion and hostility and is most welcomed,” he said.
He also called upon the government to seize the moment and translate the dream of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project — which was formally initiated by the former Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government — into a reality.
“The nuclear deal opens the doors for the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project and thereby resolve our lingering and crippling energy crisis,” said Zardari.
“Dialogue and negotiations and not hostility and animosity are the way forward for peace, stability and development in South Asia,” he added.