The Iran - Pakistan Gas pipeline is long overdue. We have such an energy crisis in our country due to lack of planning and foresight as well many other factor that we dont need to go into here. Nonetheless, the signing of this pipeline deal is a step in the right direction. I was never a fan of having india join in on this project in the first place. That was the most foolish and irresponsible thing to do in the first place. Trying to include india, delayed the project by a decade and increased the price astronomically. Furthermore, the continued subjugation and occupation of Kashmir by india, failing to hold a plebiscite and the support of militant groups-Baloch and TTP whom kill innocent civilians in Pakistan) is further reason not to deal with them. The cost of the pipeline project has gone up considerably, but its better late than never, and in the long term, it will pay off for Pakistan to go it alone with Iran, and possibly at a later date, include China who would be more than happy to expand it to their western borders and improve our northern grid in the process. Acutely though, this project is needed by Pakistan itself, irrespective of others.
Pakistan needs the pipeline first and foremost for itself. We have an extensive and continually expanding Natural gas grid in our country and the import of cheap Iranian gas will help further in many additionally important fields like electricity generation and alternative fuels as well as job creation. The current load shedding occuring in our country on a daily basis should act as a catalyst to expedite this project.
Pakistan needs to be aggressive and seek out multiple ways to increase power generation not just to meet its immediate extreme shortfalls, but to encompass future growths in energy needs as well, especially with our expanding population, expanding gas grids and rapid urban mobilization and to maintain a high growth rate which inturn fuels our economy.
This should entail
-more Nuclear power plants,
-coal power (thar-Sindh),
-hydro-electic,
-import from Tajikistan,
-Solar energy
-Wind Energy (along Baloch/Sindh CoastLine),
-extension of Iranian surplus electricity lines from Balochistan-sistan into Pakistani Balochistan
** most importantly and acutely, this Iranian pipeline from the Pars field.
time if flying, 2014 is just around the corner as well.
We need to be pro-active and solve this issue on multiple fronts, energy is very important to our prosperity.
Pakistan needs the pipeline first and foremost for itself. We have an extensive and continually expanding Natural gas grid in our country and the import of cheap Iranian gas will help further in many additionally important fields like electricity generation and alternative fuels as well as job creation. The current load shedding occuring in our country on a daily basis should act as a catalyst to expedite this project.
Pakistan needs to be aggressive and seek out multiple ways to increase power generation not just to meet its immediate extreme shortfalls, but to encompass future growths in energy needs as well, especially with our expanding population, expanding gas grids and rapid urban mobilization and to maintain a high growth rate which inturn fuels our economy.
This should entail
-more Nuclear power plants,
-coal power (thar-Sindh),
-hydro-electic,
-import from Tajikistan,
-Solar energy
-Wind Energy (along Baloch/Sindh CoastLine),
-extension of Iranian surplus electricity lines from Balochistan-sistan into Pakistani Balochistan
** most importantly and acutely, this Iranian pipeline from the Pars field.
time if flying, 2014 is just around the corner as well.
We need to be pro-active and solve this issue on multiple fronts, energy is very important to our prosperity.
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