Government asked to tame energy crisis immediately

Islamabad, March 16, 2015 (PPI-OT): Government to use all possible resources to tame energy crisis lest the GSP plus facility go in vain and country suffers, a business leader demanded Monday. Government needs to initiate serious efforts on all fronts so that Iran gas pipeline project and Kalabagh dam (KBD) could be constructed otherwise energy security will remain a pipedream, said Patron Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders Dr. Shahid Rasheed Butt.

He said that Pakistan’s future is tied to Iranian gas and KBD but many intellectuals and politicians haven’t realised it yet which is unfortunate. “We should stop digging own grave,” he warned. He said that politicians have decided to remain undecided on critical issues of national importance which is leading us nowhere.

The veteran business leader said that KBD will not hurt any province but delay can help transform Pakistan into a desert as Tarbela dam will complete its life in sixteen years when there would be no local gas in the country.

Dams are not tools of destruction, as considered by many, otherwise China, Iran, India and other countries would have not been constructing hundreds of dams and reservoirs with an amazing pace, said Dr. Butt.

For more information, contact:
Jahangir Akhtar
Secretary General
Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry
Office No, 9 Block E, Super Market, Islamabad
Cell: 0344-5111174