INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan to take up controversial Kishanganga Dam with World BankWASHINGTON: 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
Monday through Wednesday during which it will hold high-level talks with the World Bank officials on the project.Pakistan has termed the
inauguration of the project without the resolution of the dispute as a serious violation of the Indus Waters Treaty brokered by the World
concern over the project that has become operational and said that Islamabad had conveyed its strong opposition to the construction of the
project to the World Bank but it had been ignored
India plans to undertake several such project in the disputed territory.He said that as the World Bank is a guarantor of the treaty, it has
the issue to the International Court of Justice and also raised the issue with the World Bank.Ambassador Chaudhry said that the World Bank
needs to intervene in the matter and it was the responsibility of the world body to fulfill its obligation being the guarantor of the
