Pak will abide by WB decision on Baglihar issue

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday said it would abide by the verdict of the World Bank appointed neutral expect on the dispute over Baglihar power project being built on river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir.

"The neutral expert's verdict is binding," Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told reporters here as Raymond Lafitte released his "final determination" on the project to Indian and Pakistani diplomats in Switzerland.

Asked why the two countries could not resolve the differences through the dialogue process, she defended Islamabad's decision to approach the World Bank saying, "There is a provision in the Indus Waters Treaty on the basis of which we sought the role of the neutral expert".