Pak in talks with India over gas supply

June 15, 2013 11:33

India is willing to export 400 million cubic feet of gas per day to Pakistan but the matter hinges on finalising a tariff that is on the lower side, Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said.

Abbasi said a delegation from state-run GAIL, India's largest gas transmission and marketing company, had met him to assess Pakistan's willingness to import gas from India.

Gas would be imported from India only if the tariff is finalised on "the lower side", he said.

"Since the country is energy deficient, we showed our willingness and our experts would soon visit India to sort out the technical issues involved in it. After the report of the technical team, both the countries will initiate talks on the gas tariff issue," he was quoted as saying by The News daily.

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