BVI court puts off Reko Diq case hearing till 18th
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January 10, 2021
LONDON: The High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has postponed the hearing on the enforcement of the US$6 billion award in the Reko Diq case until January 18, and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) assets registered in the BVI jurisdiction remain frozen. The News has learnt that the hearing on Thursday lasted only for about half an hour and Justice Gerhard Wallbank of the BVI High Court of Justice, after dealing with some procedural matters, fixed the new hearing date for January 18 when Pakistani lawyers will present their case for the first time as the freezing order during the last hearing was issued ex parte.