Ambassador Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian said that Islamabad has no substitute for the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline. PHOTO: AFP/FIE
Ambassador Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian told Iran’s semi-official Fars News agency that Islamabad has no substitute for the Iran-Pakistan (I-P) gas pipeline.
"Owing to the grave conditions of energy (supply and demand) in Pakistan, some of the country's major cities spend half of the day without electricity, meaning that Pakistan's need to energy is real and inevitable," said Taherian.
Noting that Pakistan has not fulfilled its undertaking to complete the IP gas pipeline project on its territory as per the agreement with Iran, Taherian cautioned that any delay in the execution of the project will incur a huge financial loss on Islamabad as it will have to pay much bigger sums for the same project in future.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who concluded his maiden trip to Iran since assuming the office in May last year, met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday as both leaders agreed to continue with the Iran Pakistan gas pipeline project.
He told the Iranian president that he is there with his finance, petroleum and interior teams to resolve all the matters which are creating hindrance in the completion of the project.
Under an agreement between Tehran and Islamabad, Pakistan was to get 750 million cubic feet of gas per day (mcfd) from January 1, 2015. Later, the gas supply from Iran was to be increased to 1 billion cubic feet gas per day (bcfd).
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Well as always the only question is how will we pay for this. We are importing every single item down to goats, and the only I see this government doing is taking out loan after loan. This is going to come back to bite us.
He is atleast trying.
It's very important for Pakistan as country is already facing cute energy crisis and it will keep getting worse if we 'll not think about future requirement.It will dfefintely help to strenghen he mutual relationship of both the neighboring countries So in my opinion despite US and int' pressure Pakistan should go for it.Instead of paying for fines we should pay for the gas which we 'll get.