Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif along with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated an electricity transmission line project from Iran to Gwadar at Mand-Pishin crossing point of Pakistan-Iran border on Thursday.
The two leaders also inaugurated a sustenance marketplace at the Mand-Pishin crossing point.
“This is an auspicious day for Pakistan-Iran friendship,” PM Shehbaz Sharif said while addressing a press briefing.
“In coming years, these markets would emerge as major trade points,” he added.
“We have decided to finalise the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries at the earliest,” said the prime minister.
The project, which has been delayed since 2009, was finished in a record-breaking four months, according to Minister of Information Marriyum Aurangzeb.
