A meeting of the Standing Committees on Water and Power was held today in Committee Room No. 7, Parliament House Islamabad under the chairmanship of Mr. Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari, MNA.

2. The Committee was briefed on the agenda “Indian threat on Indus Waters Treaty and to chart out a course of action for Pakistan”. After a detailed discussion, it was unanimously decided to demand the Government of Pakistan to ask the World Bank that:

                •    “It must be in accordance  with its responsibilities under the IWT, without further delay constitute a Court of Arbitration to adjudicate on the issues raised by Pakistan against India’s ongoing construction of Kishan Ganga and Ratle Hydro-Electric plants.
                •    Till the World Bank constitute the Court of Arbitration, it must demand of India an immediate halt to ongoing construction of Ratle Dam till the issue is resolved”.

3.  MNAs, Mr. Muhammad Junaid Anwaar Chaudhry, Malik Ihtebar Khan, Lt. Col. Redt. Ghulam Rasool Sahi, Sardar Mansab Ali Dogar, Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan, Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Nawab Muhammad Yousaf Talpur, Mr. Junaid Akbar, Mr. Saleem Rehaman Syed Waseem Hussain, Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah, Syed Kazim Ali Shah, Dr. Syed Ghazi Ghulab Jamal and Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub attended the meeting, besides officials of the Ministry.