Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has asked the World Bank to empanel the court of arbitration over illegal construction of dams by India on western rivers. Talking to the President of the bank Jim Yong Kim on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session in New York, he said Indian ...

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has assured Pakistan that it would make utmost efforts to resolve the Kishanganga and Rattle dams issues within parameters of Indus Basin Treaty. This was stated by Foreign Office spokesman Dr. Muhammad Faisal at his weekly news briefing in Islamabad today. He said ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will raise its concern with the World Bank today over inauguration of the Kishanganga hydro-power project by India. Pakistan argues that construction of the dam violates the 1960 Indus Water Treaty between Pakistan and India. A high level Pakistan delegation is in Washington for ...

WASHINGTON: A four-member delegation from Pakistan headed by Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali is due to visit Washington next week to apprise the top World Bank officials about Pakistan's serious concern over the Kishanganga hydro power project that was inaugurated this week. Talking to media men ...