Turkmenistan to begin TAPI gas pipeline construction

ISLAMABAD: Turkmenistan on Friday announced that it intended to start building a gas pipeline from the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border to the Herat offtake point in Afghanistan. Turkmenistan also assured Pakistan of addressing its concerns over different issues pertaining to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Petroleum Nadeem Babar led a…