ISLAMABAD (Dawn) — Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday said that Pakistan was keen to expedite the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project to meet growing energy requirements of both India and Pakistan and to create linkages and interdependence to promote peace in the region.

The prime minister said this while talking to Indian Minister for External Affairs, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, who called on him at the PM House on Saturday.

The prime minister said that South Asia was at the cusp of economic take-off and it could become a major force in the world once it was able to resolve bilateral disputes.