Indus water talks: Indian team to return home today
10-member Indian delegation led by Commissioner of Indus Water Commission K Vohra to leave for India today
NEW DELHI:
The three-day talks between India and Pakistan in Lahore over designs of Kishan Ganga Dam and four other hydroelectric power projects at the Jhelum and the Chenab rivers respectively under the the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) have ended inconclusively, but the two sides hoped to find a solution at their next meeting in Delhi in October. The 10-member Indian delegation led by Commissioner of Indus Water Commission K Vohra will leave for India today. The Pakistani team was headed by Indus Water Commissioner Mirza Asif Baig. “The talks ended on a positive note and we will move forward to discussing and finding out a solution to Pakistan’s objections in next round of talks in New Delhi in October.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2014.
The three-day talks between India and Pakistan in Lahore over designs of Kishan Ganga Dam and four other hydroelectric power projects at the Jhelum and the Chenab rivers respectively under the the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) have ended inconclusively, but the two sides hoped to find a solution at their next meeting in Delhi in October. The 10-member Indian delegation led by Commissioner of Indus Water Commission K Vohra will leave for India today. The Pakistani team was headed by Indus Water Commissioner Mirza Asif Baig. “The talks ended on a positive note and we will move forward to discussing and finding out a solution to Pakistan’s objections in next round of talks in New Delhi in October.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2014.