Pakistan has asked both India and the World Bank to keep it in loop on all the dams and hydropower projects proposed to be built by New Delhi on the western rivers, and not just the two projects, Kishanganga and Ratle, under dispute currently.
According to a report in ‘Dawn’, Pakistan has said that it needs all information in this regard so that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) could be followed smoothly in future.
The report says that the Pakistani government shared this information in an inter-ministerial meeting presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday which was attended by ministers and other representatives of the ministries of water and power, foreign affairs and law and justice, the Attorney General’s Office and civil and military experts.
The meeting observed that the President of the World Bank had drawn up the lots for appointment of umpires for a court of arbitration before it had put on hold the process about two months ago.
“This meant that the World Bank was convinced and had accepted Pakistan’s position,” said Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf.
