LAHORE, Aug 28:
A delegation of the Indian Water Commission arrived in Pakistan today to hold crucial talks with its counterpart on various aspects of the Indus Waters Treaty, the first bilateral engagement since Prime Minister Imran Khan took office.
Pakistan Water Commiss-ioner Syed Mehr Ali Shah and Additional Commissioner Sheraz Jamil received the nine-member Indian delegation led by Water Commissioner P K Saxena on its arrival here via Wagah border.
Talking to reporters, Shah said talks between the two countries will be held on water issues on Wednesday and Thursday in Lahore.
The talks will be the first official engagement between India and Pakistan since Khan became Prime Minister on August 18.
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.
India and Pakistan signed the treaty in 1960 after nine years of negotiations, with the World Bank being a signatory. (PTI)
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