IP Pipeline Can Solve Pakistan's Energy Crisis

Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project provides the sole window of opportunity for Pakistan to solve its energy shortage, Press TV reported quoting Firdous Ashiq Awan, Pakistan’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

The minister said that Pakistan would make utmost efforts to implement the vital project and resist against any foreign pressure regarding the issue.

The minister emphasized that Islamabad has expressed its full support for the implementation of the IP project.

Awan’s remarks came after Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said his government would go ahead with the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, stressing that his country is committed to the implementation of regional projects, including Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) and the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline projects.