Monday, February 10, 2014 - TehranPakistani Ambassador to Iran Nour Mohammad Jadmani underlined the importance of Iran-Pakistan (IP)gas pipelineprojectfor the energy-hungry South Asian nation, and reiterated Islamabads determination to complete theconstructionof the rest of IPprojecton its soil. Pakistani governments is obliged to accomplish theproject, Jadmani told the Iranian students news agency on Saturday.We are still obliged to complete theproject. Despite what is released by foreign media on thegas pipeline. Although Pakistanigovernmentis facingproblems, but we areseekingadvancement of theproject, he said. He further added that the two countries are willing to press ahead with accomplishment of theplan. Earlier this week, a Pakistani source said that talks on setting new timeframe for the completion of the much-awaited IPgas pipelineprojectwas started in Tehran after Islamabad sent a team of experts and officials to the Iranian capital to this end. Iran has already built 900 kilometers of the pipeline on its own soil and is waiting for the 700-kilometer Pakistani side of the pipeline to be constructed.
The IP pipeline is designed to help Pakistan overcomeits growing energy needs at a time when the country of over 180 million people is grappling with serious energy shortages.
By Pak Observer
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