Indus Water Treaty

India and Pakistan had signed the IWT in September 1960 after nine-year-long negotiations

During the meeting, both sides will deliberate on the issue of advance flood information and the annual report of the Permanent Commission of Indus Waters

'The annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission will be held in Islamabad, Pakistan between March 1 and 3, 2022'

IWT is one of the world's most successful international water accords that has withstood the test of time and even three full-fledged wars between India and Pakistan

Since signing the treaty, a total of 118 such tours on both the sides have been undertaken by the commission

The Indian side is being represented by a delegation of the Indian Water Commission led by Commissioner P K Saxena

Pakistan has been raising reservations over the designs of the two projects and would like India to either modify it to make them compliant to 1960 Indus Waters Treaty

Pakistan disagrees with the Indian interpretation of IWT and has asked the World Bank to set up a court of arbitration

Treaty was signed in 1960 after 9 years of negotiations between India, Pakistan with the help of the World Bank, which is also a signatory

The river and its five tributaries which spans four countries and supports 215m people

Meeting will be held either by the end of April or beginning of May, according Pakistani media

Water scarcity in basin states since early 1990s has brought the agreement under strain

World Bank had brokered the famous Indus Water Treaty in 1960

John Kirby adds that the IWT has served, as a model for peaceful cooperation between both the countries

Earlier, the Bank asked both India, Pak to consider alternative ways to resolve their disagreements

Jim Yong Kim announced the pause to help India, Pak consider alternative approaches to resolving conflicting interests

The Bank's neutral committee is supposed to look into the construction of 2 hydroelectric projects initiated by India

India has been, since the escalation of tensions after the Uri militant attack, indicating its intention to revisit the accord

Pakistan raised objections over the design of the hydel project in Jammu and Kashmir

Move came as it told the two countries that it was responding to their separate proceedings initiated under Indus Waters Treaty 1960