UK court blocks Pakistan from raising corruption allegations in Reko Diq case
July 9, 2021
LONDON: The London High Court has blocked Pakistan from pleading corruption allegations in the famous Reko Diq case in a challenge to an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) partial award won by the Australian mining firm Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) — ruling that the province of Balochistan can no longer plead corruption allegations against the gold mining giant as the Supreme Court of Pakistan had not based its decision in the Reko Diq on corruption allegations.
The News and Geo have exclusive access to the 98-page decision by Justice Mr Robin Knowles. The court ruling by Judge Robin Knowles comes as a setback as Pakistan’s legal team had sought to get the whole case nullified using the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s decision. But the London High Court found that Balochistan opted not to raise the issue of corruption during the international arbitration and in fact did not even allege corruption – while raising the corruption allegations in London High Court.