Pakistan-Iran Natural Gas Pipeline Gets Green Light - Bloomberg
Pakistan-Iran Natural Gas Pipeline Gets Green Light - Bloomberg
Pakistan Will Build Pipeline to Iran to Import Natural Gas
- Pipeline faced delays over Pakistan’s concerns of sanctions
- Pakistan says its needs to replenish dwindling supplies
Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar. The committee approved starting construction of the pipeline from the Iranian border to Gwadar. Photographer: Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg
Pakistan is moving ahead to build a pipeline that will transport natural gas from Iran, a move it says is needed to meet the country’s energy needs but is sure to raise eyebrows among the South Asian country’s western allies.
The Cabinet Committee on Energy approved starting construction of an 80 kilometer (40 mile) segment of the 800 kilometer pipeline from the Iranian border to Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar, using government funds.
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