Pakistan Team In New Delhi To Discuss Indus Water-Sharing
Date
5/29/2022 10:22:13 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
A three-member Pakistani delegation is here for talks under the
Indus Water Commission at a time when India is pushing ahead with
nearly 10 run-of-the-river hydel projects on three western rivers —
the Indus, Jhelum and the Chenab — subject to specific criteria for
design, Trend reports citing The Tribune.
The meeting comes less than three months after the annual
meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) held in Islamabad.
India had then maintained that its ongoing projects, including
Pakal Dul, Kiru and Lower Kalnai, were fully compliant with the
Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), signed between India and Pakistan in
1960. Both sides also discussed the issue of the Fazilka drain, and
Pakistan assured that all necessary actions will continue to be
taken to ensure the free flow of the Fazilka drain into the
Sutlej.
Earlier this month, a Pakistani delegation visited Delhi for the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) regional anti-terror
structure meet.
Pakistan, however, has given mixed signals. It allowed the land
transit of Indian wheat aid to Afghanistan and recently announced
the appointment of minister (trade) in the depleted Pakistan High
Commission here. But its Commerce Ministry later clarified that
despite this appointment, there was no change in Pakistan's policy
on trade with India.“The post of minister (trade and investment)
in New Delhi exists for more than two decades and has no connection
with the operationalisation of trade with India or otherwise in the
current context,” it had clarified.
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