IWT: Pakistan hails arbitration award, says it boosts oversight of Indian hydro projects
Key takeaways
- “The Award affirms Pakistan’s central position that the Treaty places substantive limits on India’s water-control capability on the Western Rivers, and these limits are not formalities.
- "They apply at the planning and design stage and cannot be satisfied merely by a later assurance of operational restraint.
- “Building on the Court’s General Issues Award of 8 August 2025, the Supplemental Award gives practical effect to the standard that installed capacity and anticipated load must be realistic, well-founded and defensible.
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Home latest pakistan world sports showbiz entertainment Royal business health Sci-Tech Food Fact Check big picture Videos shows Watch LIVE TV X Home Latest Pakistan World Sports Showbiz Fact Check big picture Videos Shows LIVE TV Pakistan IWT: Pakistan hails arbitration award, says it boosts oversight of Indian hydro projects Ruling relates to design disputes involving India’s Kishenganga, Ratle hydroelectric projects on Western Rivers By Reuters | Published May 18, 2026
ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has welcomed a new ruling from the Court of Arbitration under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying it reinforces key limitations on India’s use of Western Rivers and strengthens Pakistan’s legal position in ongoing hydropower disputes.
“The Government of Pakistan notes with utmost satisfaction the Court of Arbitration’s Supplemental Award Concerning Maximum Pondage, handed down on 15 May 2026, in the IWT proceedings arising from the Ratle Hydroelectric Plant and the Kishenganga Hydroelectric Project design disputes,” according to a statement.