These long queues of vehicles outside the CNG station in the Pakistani capital Islamabad is a grim reminder that the country is in the midst of sever energy crises. Pakistan is exploring several options to meet its future energy needs. One of them is to import natural gas from neighboring Iran. Iran has completed work on its side of the border. However, Pakistan has yet to lay the pipeline on its side. The delay has prompted one of Pakistan’s senior lawyers to seek the intervention of the Supreme Court to ensure the timely completion of the project.
The two countries signed a deal earlier this year. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014. Pakistan is under intense US pressure to abandon the project. However, authorities in Islamabad appear to be in no mood to halt it.
The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was voted to power in May this year in the hope that it will address the country’s energy shortages.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has already made it clear that addressing the country’s longstanding energy problem will be his top priority. And authorities here say that pursuing Iran gas pipeline project is in Pakistan’s national interest.
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