Pakistan for completion of Iran-Pakistan gas project

'Islamabad will stay beside Teran in completion of the peace pipeline (another name for the Iran-Pakistan gas pipleline),' Spokesperson of the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Faisal said in his weekly press conference.

He pointed to the Pakistan's growing demand for energy and noted that Islamabad is in contact with Tehran regarding the gas pipeline project between the two countries.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Iranian envoy to Pakistan criticized Islamabad for the delay in completion of Iran-Pakistan gas project.

'Transfer of gas from Iran to Pakistan could flourish the region,' Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost said in a reference to delay in completion of the project by Islamabad for 'unclear reasons'.

He noted that the Iranian part of the project is complete, but the project has not become operational on the Pakistani side.

The Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline, also known as the Peace pipeline, or IP Gas, is an under-construction 2,775-kilometre pipeline to deliver natural gas from Iran to Pakistan.

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