ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has asked the World Bank to recognise itsresponsibility under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 to address itsconcerns over two disputed projects.
A government official told *Dawn* that power division of the energyministry sent a fresh communiqué early this week to the bank’s vicepresident urging the international organisation to “recognise itsresponsibility” and play its role to ensure that India abided by theprovisions of the 1960 treaty while building the projects.
The official said there was no doubt that India had completed the 330MWKishanganga project during the period the World Bank “paused” the processfor constitution of a Court of Arbitration (COA) as requested by Pakistanin early 2016. The Pakistani request was countered by India by calling fora neutral expert.
Pakistan had called for resolution of disputes over Kishanganga project onthe Neelum river and 850MW Ratle hydropower project on the Chenab.
The official said the letter had reached the bank’s head office inWashington and had been delivered to its vice president concerned asconfirmed by Pakistan’s director to the bank.