Pakistani Government to Continue IP Pipeline Project

The new Pakistani government has reiterated its determination to continue the joint gas pipeline project with Iran saying the issue of energy is Islamabad’s top priority, Press TV has reported.

“We will continue the work at the gas pipeline because such a vital project cannot be set aside in hard times like the present,” Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal said.

Last month, India also expressed its willingness to re-enter negotiations over the gas project that initially was referred to as the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI).

On March 11, Iran and Pakistani inaugurated the final construction phase of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, intended to carry natural gas from Iran to its eastern neighbour.