Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) MNA Sher Afzal Marwat welcomed the visit of the Iranian President and stressed Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project should be completed without considering any sanctions for the project.
Islamabad: Marwat for swift completion of Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline without fearing ‘sanctions’. He was addressing the National Assembly session held under the chair of NA Speaker Sardar Rayaz Sadiq.
“The government spokesperson should answer and share an update about Pak-Iran gas Pipeline project,” adding that he said, “It is necessary to complete the public welfare project soon.”
He argued that gas reserves are continuously decreasing in the country.
The statement came from the senior leader of PTI-backed Sunni Itthehad Council MNA when the Iranian President has reached Karachi as part of three day official visit to Pakistan.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iran President held joint press conference and vowed to enhance the trade ties along with the border security.
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What is Pak-Iran gas pipeline project?
Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline — also known as the Peace pipeline —is an under-construction 2,775-kilometre (1,724 mi) pipeline to deliver natural gas from Iran to Pakistan. The project started in 2011.
Iran is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Iraq to the west and Turkey to the northwest, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman & the Persian Gulf to the south. With almost 90 million people in an area of 1.648 million square kilometres (0.64 million square miles), Iran ranks 17th in the world in both geographic size and population. The country is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. The nation’s capital and most populous city is Tehran, with around 16 million people in its metropolitan area, other major urban centres include Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, and Shiraz.
Marwat for swift completion of Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline without fearing ‘sanctions’
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