Pakistan to get good news soon: Iranian envoy

20 Mar, 2009

Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shahkari on Thursday said that Pakistan would get good news on Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project soon. He said this while talking to media during his visit to the National Press Club here on Thursday.
However, he did not disclose the details of the development regarding the mega project. The Iranian Envoy also said that Pakistan should not allow its soil to be used for the terrorist activities, as terrorist outfit Jandollah, which operates in Iran allegedly have a base in Pakistani. Shahkari said that Iran would extend all out assistance to Pakistan for socio-economic development in every field.
He added that Iran would also help Pakistani exporters for dispatching their goods to Istanbul via Iran. To a question, the Iranian top diplomat said that Pakistani authorities should accelerate their efforts for safe recovery of the Iranian consulate official who went missing from Peshawar some time back.

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