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Zardari Sees Iran-Pakistan Gas Project as "A Must for Cheap Energy

President Asif Zardari said the Iran-Pakistan pipeline project was necessary for affordable energy for his country, cautioning that the West must understand Pakistan's national interests

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He said that the gas pipeline project was motivated to meet the country's growing energy needs and was not against any other country.

"We have rendered innumerable sacrifices for democracy and no one can snatch it from us," Zardari said.

Inaugurating three projects at the Governor's House on Monday, he said the two newly-completed hydel projects of Allai Khwar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Jinnah Hydro Project in the Punjab, along with the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, should be seen as measures to overcome the power shortage in the country.

He said Pakistan needed to exploit all available resources, particularly the low-cost hydel power, besides exploring ways and means to import power and energy from its neighboring countries.

The president said the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project was one such endeavor of the government, which would be formally launched on March 11. The inaugural ceremony was attended among others by Punjab Governor Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Mahmood, Water and Power Minister Ahmad Mukhtar, Railways Minister Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, members of parliament and Punjab Assembly, Wapda chairman, members of the civil society and high-ranking officials.

Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said the president highlighted the growing needs for energy resources to accelerate the national growth. The president said Pakistan was a sovereign country and had every right to pursue projects in national interest and did not intend to offend anyone.

Pakistan, he said, was an active player in contributing to world peace and stability and the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline should be viewed purely in the context of meeting its energy needs.

He hoped the critics of the project would appreciate Pakistan's energy requirements and the need for importing gas. He expressed the confidence that by pursuing people-centric policies, Pakistan would soon overcome its energy problem.

The president said the government was fully alive to the woes of the general public, business persons and industrialists for the power and energy shortages, which it had inherited.

He said the addition of Allai Khwar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Jinnah Hydropower Project in the Punjab would help mitigate its energy shortage to some extent. He said the government had drawn up plans to not only meet the current electricity needs but also cater to the future needs and for this purpose it had undertaken more than two dozen hydropower projects all over the country.

These included mega projects like Bhasha Dam, Neelum Jhelum, Dasu and Tarbela 4th Extension Project. Moreover, Gomal Zam Dam, Satpara Dam, Dubair Khwar and Jabban Hydropower projects were nearing completion.

He said after completion, these projects would provide 21,000 MW additional electricity and store 13 million acre feet of water. This will bring down the cost of manufacturers and make Pakistani products more competitive in the global market, he said.

 

 


 

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