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ISLAMABAD: Iran appears to be displeased with Pakistans indifference to its offer to export electricity and its ambassador in Islamabad finds no justification for lack of progress in reaching an agreement on the matter. Im perplexed. I cant understand whats wrong with the Iranian offer, Ambassador Mashaallah Shakeri said while talking to Dawn. Iran signed a memorandum of understanding with Pakistan in December 2008 to provide 1,135MW of electricity with an offer to double the export, if needed. Ambassador Shakeri said that over the past 15 months he had met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, officials of the Board of Investment and Private Power and Infrastructure Board, but was yet to hear anything from them on the subject of reaching an agreement.
Time is of the essence. Should Iran wait forever, the ambassador said. What was the need to sign the MoU, he asked. About the power shortage in Pakistan which has risen to 4,500MW causing outages of up to 10 hours across the country, Mr Shakeri said he was at a loss to understand what stopped Pakistan from moving forward on the Iranian offer. Iran, eyeing itself as a regional power hub being the worlds 19th largest electricity producer, says seven countriesRussia, India, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Syria and Omanwere interested in Iranian electricity. Turkey, Armenia and Afghanistan are importing electricity from Iran, which produces 50,000MW and is expecting to add another 4000-5000MW in coming years from hydel sources.
Irans impatience may also be attributed to the fresh round of sanctions likely to be imposed by the West over its nuclear programme. The move is being held back because of Chinese pressure. The sanctions, which may be imposed by June, could hurt Iranian oil exports worth billions of dollars. Sources here revealed that progress on the Iran-Pakistan MoU had been impeded by lack of financial resources, absence of required infrastructure and differences over tariff. Ambassador Shakeri, however, said Iran was ready to help Pakistan overcome these hurdles. Honestly we would like to go with Pakistan. Our objective is to address Pakistans immediate electricity needs. We are ready to build infrastructure. Our cooperation can even include financial assistance.
SO WHY THERE'S NO ACTION, DO THEY WANT KICKBACKS OR DON'T WANT TO MAKE THEIR DADY ANGRY(US). PPP NEEDS TO GO. THEY ARE PATHETIC AND CORRUPT.
ISLAMABAD: Iran appears to be displeased with Pakistans indifference to its offer to export electricity and its ambassador in Islamabad finds no justification for lack of progress in reaching an agreement on the matter. Im perplexed. I cant understand whats wrong with the Iranian offer, Ambassador Mashaallah Shakeri said while talking to Dawn. Iran signed a memorandum of understanding with Pakistan in December 2008 to provide 1,135MW of electricity with an offer to double the export, if needed. Ambassador Shakeri said that over the past 15 months he had met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, officials of the Board of Investment and Private Power and Infrastructure Board, but was yet to hear anything from them on the subject of reaching an agreement.
Time is of the essence. Should Iran wait forever, the ambassador said. What was the need to sign the MoU, he asked. About the power shortage in Pakistan which has risen to 4,500MW causing outages of up to 10 hours across the country, Mr Shakeri said he was at a loss to understand what stopped Pakistan from moving forward on the Iranian offer. Iran, eyeing itself as a regional power hub being the worlds 19th largest electricity producer, says seven countriesRussia, India, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Syria and Omanwere interested in Iranian electricity. Turkey, Armenia and Afghanistan are importing electricity from Iran, which produces 50,000MW and is expecting to add another 4000-5000MW in coming years from hydel sources.
Irans impatience may also be attributed to the fresh round of sanctions likely to be imposed by the West over its nuclear programme. The move is being held back because of Chinese pressure. The sanctions, which may be imposed by June, could hurt Iranian oil exports worth billions of dollars. Sources here revealed that progress on the Iran-Pakistan MoU had been impeded by lack of financial resources, absence of required infrastructure and differences over tariff. Ambassador Shakeri, however, said Iran was ready to help Pakistan overcome these hurdles. Honestly we would like to go with Pakistan. Our objective is to address Pakistans immediate electricity needs. We are ready to build infrastructure. Our cooperation can even include financial assistance.
SO WHY THERE'S NO ACTION, DO THEY WANT KICKBACKS OR DON'T WANT TO MAKE THEIR DADY ANGRY(US). PPP NEEDS TO GO. THEY ARE PATHETIC AND CORRUPT.
