ISLAMABAD:
Welcoming the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, the People’s Party has urged the government to expedite work on the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, local media sources stated.
“The government should translate the dream of the project initiated by the PPP government into reality,” PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said in a statement. “The nuclear deal opens the doors for the project which can help resolve the lingering and crippling energy crisis in Pakistan.”
The PPP chief said the deal signed in Vienna on Tuesday between Tehran and P5+1 group of countries over Iran’s nuclear programme was an important development that “holds the potential of becoming a game changer in the region”.
“The agreement is a triumph of diplomacy and negotiations over coercion and hostility,” he said.
