Iran proposes setting up oil refinery in Sindh
*Friday, December 14, 2007
By our correspondent*
Karachi: The Iranian Consul General in Karachi Massoud Mohammad Zamani on Thursday called on caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (Retd) Abdul Qadir Halepota at the CM House Karachi and expressed his government’s interest in setting up an oil refinery in Sindh.
During the meeting, investment opportunities in the area of livestock, cement and construction of hotels and commercial complexes in Sindh were also discussed. The Iranian Consul General stressed the need for exploiting potential in trade, commerce and industry between Pakistan and Iran and said both the nations should take maximum advantage from the business ties and relations between Tehran and Islamabad.
Caretaker Sindh CM Justice (rtd) Halepota thanked Consul General of Iran in Karachi for presenting proposal regarding establishment of oil refinery in Sindh and assured him of taking up the matter with the federal government.
He expressed the hope that if materialized, the said project will bring prosperity and generate innumerable job opportunities for the people of Sindh in particular. During the meeting, other matters of mutual interest ranging from age-old fraternal ties between the two brotherly Islamic countries in all spheres of life including arts, culture and heritage also came under discussion.