by Kashif Abbasi in Dawn, Sept 28th, 2023
ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel was informed on Wednesday that “commercial and foreign concerns” were major impediments to completing the long-delayed Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.
However, officials assured the meeting that efforts for the swift completion of the project have been expedited.
The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat, which met with Saadia Abbasi in the chair, decided to invite the attorney general for Pakistan at the next meeting for a detailed briefing on the issue.
The chairperson inquired about the future prospects of the project, which has been delayed for a decade. The officials told the meeting that negotiations on the project were expedited last year. However, they pointed out, commercial and foreign concerns were the major impediments to the completion of the project…….https://www.dawn.com/news/1778276/foreign-concerns-seen-as-hurdle-to-iran-gas-project
