Islamabad, Nov. 7 (TNS): The Senate was informed on Tuesday that Pakistan has committed for execution of the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project.
Minister for Power Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari informed the House during question hour that the delay in the execution of the project is due to sanctions on Iran.
He said the government has taken various steps to eliminate power loadshedding in the country by 2018.
The minister that said due to sincere and hectic efforts of the government the generating capacity of electricity is continuously increasing and duration of load shedding is gradually decreasing in the country.
Responding to a question, the Minister said that the government is taking several steps to provide gas to remaining areas of Sindh province. At present twenty-seven out of twenty-nine districts headquarters and 102 out of 121 Taluka headquarters of Sindh are on gas.
