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Islamabad, May 22: India and Pakistan will hold talks on water-related issues later this month against the backdrop of Islamabad's allegations that New Delhi is diverting river waters in violation of a bilateral treaty.
A delegation headed by Pakistan's Indus Waters Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah will leave for New Delhi on May 30 for a five-day visit, sources in the Foreign Office told PTI. The delegation will hold talks with a team headed by India's Indus Waters Commissioner G Ranganathan.
Though India suspended the composite dialogue process with Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, the Indus Waters Commissioners have continued meetings and interactions.
They had met days after the Mumbai incident, when a group of officials led by Ranganathan inspected water works in Punjab province in connection with Pakistan's complaints about the diversion of waters of the Chenab river.
During the upcoming meeting, Pakistan is expected to raise the issue of alleged diversion of Chenab waters to the Baglihar dam by India in violation of the Indus Waters Treaty and demand compensation for losses suffered by it.
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