PPP Warns Against Scrapping IP Pipeline Project

The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Tuesday said that the government should come out with a clear cut policy regarding Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.

Former federal minister Syed Naveed Qamar cautioned the government about the consequences of scrapping the project and said Pakistan would have to pay billions of rupees to Iran if it did not fulfill its obligations, The Express Tribune reported.

The government must complete the project before December 2014 or face penalties, he said

“The government should decide whether to please the US and Saudi Arabia or to implement the IP gas pipeline project in the national interest,” he added.