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