The PIC is mandated to establish and maintain cooperative arrangements for the implementation of the treaty and to promote cooperation between the two sides in developing the Indus water systems.
The Pakistan Prime Minister said there were provisions in the treaty on how to resolve the disputes.
The second round of discussions between the two countries, held on September 14 and 15 under the aegis of the World Bank, focused on resolving differences over Ratle and Kishanganga hydroelectric projects.
Pakistan opposes the construction of the Kishanganga (330 megawatts) and Ratle (850 megawatts) hydroelectric power plants being built by India
The talks between Indian and Pakistani officials over the Indus Water Treaty took place in a spirit of goodwill and cooperation, the World Bank has said
India and Pakistan will hold talks over issues related two of India's hydroelectricity projects under Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) at the World Bank headquarters in Washington on Monday.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that water has proven to be a catalyst for cooperation even among nations not on the best of terms.
According to Pakistan’s media, the dialogue between the two neighbouring sides will be held either by the end of April or beginning of May.
The last meeting of the commission was held in 2015. Another meeting planned in September 2016 was cancelled due to tension due to Uri terror attack by Pakistan-based outfits.
India has stepped up its efforts to resume the stalled Shahpur Kandi dam project, which comes under the Indus Water Treaty.
Pakistan’s negligence in presenting the cases of dispute with India to the Indus Water Commission related to the Indus Waters Treaty has resulted in the issues remaining unaddressed, UNDP said.
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.
The US administration is not ready to initiate the process to resolve the water dispute between India and Pakistan saying both countries should work together to resolve their differences. Asked during the daily briefing on
The US administration has initiated the process to resolve the water dispute between India and Pakistan without waiting for a formal invitation, Dawn reported on Tuesday while quoting officials from Washington.
Pakistan today warned that violation of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) on India’s part would set a dangerous precedent for other countries to behave similarly.
The inter-ministerial task force, set up by Modi government to look into strategic aspects of Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan, met on Friday to discuss ways to bring Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir on board for speeding up work on the ground throug
Fearing that India is buying time to complete two disputed water projects, Pakistan today made it clear that it will not accept any modifications or changes to the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).
Pakistan is planning to approach India to sort out differences on the Indus Waters Treaty after the World Bank announced a pause in arbitration between Islamabad and New Delhi on the matter of the two dams being constructed by India.
Pakistan has said that it would treat any unilateral violation of Indus Waters Treaty by India as an “act of war”.
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