Iran ready to provide 3,000MW to overcome power shortages: CG

KARACHI: Iran’s Consul General in Karachi, Mehdi Sobhani, has said that the Islamic Republic is ready to increase the electricity export to Pakistan to 3,000MW to help overcome the energy shortages.
Speaking at an Iftar party hosted by the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran, here on Thursday, he said that a proposal for providing electricity had been sent and a response was awaited, according to a press release issued here. He said that Iran was presently exporting 74MW of electricity to Pakistan. “If the Iranian gas pipeline gets linked to Pakistan, this pipeline is capable of meeting 20 percent of the total electricity needs of Pakistan,” he added.
Mehdi Sobhani expressed sympathies for the victims of the recent heatwave in Karachi. The Iranian diplomat said, “The economic plans between the two countries are for the benefit of the two nations and whoever opposes these plans is against the progress, growth and prosperity of the two countries, especially Pakistan.”
He said the Zionist regime was looking to create internal disputes in the Islamic world, raising disturbances in the region. “They want to wipe out Palestine from memories. They want that the issue of Palestine and Quds no longer remains a matter of concern for the Islamic world,” he added.