A team of water experts from Islamabad will tour the Indian side of rivers flowing into Pakistan while New Delhi will address Pakistan’s outstanding objections on dams on the three western rivers — Indus, Jhelum and Chenab.
NEW DELHI, May 31: At the end of its two-day meeting, the India-Pakistan Indus Commission resolved to address issues relating to water sharing through talks under the laid down framework. The meeting in Delhi was hosted by India. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the annual report of the India-Pakistan Permanent Indus Commission for the year ending March 31 was finalised and signed at the meeting. It was the 118th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC). A Pakistani […]
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, May 29: A five-member Pakistani delegation crossed over to India via the Attari-Wagah border on Sunday to hold talks under the Indus Water Commission. The delegation led by Indus Water Commissioner Syed Maher Ali Shah, also comprised of the director-general met office, and representatives from the irrigation department, the foreign office and NESPAK (National Engineering Services Pakistan). We will hold talks over water issues for two days from tomorrow in New Delhi, Shah said. The last such meeting […]
During the meeting, both sides would deliberate on the issue of advance flood information and the annual report of the Permanent Commission of Indus Waters (PCIW)