August 27
India and Pakistan will resume their talks on various aspects of the Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore on Wednesday, the first bilateral engagement since Prime Minister Imran Khan took office.
India’s Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena is expected to reach here today to begin the two-day discussions with his Pakistani counterpart Syed Mehr Ali Shah on Wednesday, Dawn quoted a government official as saying.
The last meeting of the Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission was held in New Delhi in March during which both the sides had shared details of the water flow and the quantum of water being used under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
The talks will be the first official engagement between India and Pakistan since Khan became prime minister on August 18.
In a letter to Khan on the day he was sworn in as Pakistan’s 22nd prime minister, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed India’s resolve to build good neighbourly relations between the two countries. (PTI)