Pak objects to India’s Jhelum dam

Islamabad, Nov. 8: Pakistan plans to approach the World Bank seeking appointment of a neutral expert to settle differences with India on the Kishanganga hydropower project instead of moving a court of arbitration, a report said on Sunday.

A neutral expert appointed by the World Bank is a “top most priority” for Pakistan after it received a “discouraging response while exercising bilateral channels” to address differences over the project being built in Jammu and Kashmir, The News daily quoted its sources as saying.

The sources claimed the project would divert river Jhelum’s waters.