Lawyer Faisal H Naqvi on Thursday said the decision of the International Court of Arbitration in Kishanganga dispute that India can only divert limited water would benefit Pakistan in the long run.
In an interview with Radio Pakistan, he said India wanted to divert water at its whim but now the court would decide the quantity of the water to be diverted.
He said India also wanted draw down flushing for desilting, but this plea has been rejected by the International Court of Arbitration, which has held that this could be done only during an emergency.
He explained that had Indian point of view been accepted it would have deprived Pakistan of huge quantity of water throughout the year as India has plans to build many dams on Jhelum and their desilting one after the other would have devastating impact on Pakistan.
To a question, Naqvi said Pakistan also brought the court’s attention to environmental issue of possible impact of reduced water availability on National Park on this side of the Line of Control. He hoped that in its final award the court would take care of this aspect as well.
Unfortunately, Pakistan lost legal battle because of incompetence of the team! Nothing could be further from the truth. The amateur yet inferential lawyer is constantly misleading the nation for his masters, sitting in Delhi and Washington.
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