India delegation in Pakistan for water talks

    A nine-person delegation from India has arrived in Pakistan for talks over two controversial water projects.

    Pakistan is expected to reiterate its serious objections over two controversial water storage and hydropower projects being built by India, during the talks in Lahore.

    The projects are to to be built on the River Chenab despite Islamabad’s protests over the designs. 

    Pakistan says the constructions violate the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.

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