US EditionNo role to play beyond facilitator: World Bank President Ajay Banga on Indus Waters Treaty
- World Bank President Ajay Banga stated on May 9, 2025, that the World Bank has no role beyond facilitating the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan.
- India suspended the 1960 treaty in April 2025 after a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam killed 26 people, with Indian authorities confirming Pakistani involvement.
- The agreement, facilitated in 1960 with the involvement of the World Bank, regulates the division of water from the Indus river system, granting India rights over the eastern rivers and Pakistan control of the western rivers, while permitting India limited usage of the western rivers for specific purposes.
- Ajay Banga rejected media speculation that the World Bank might force India to reverse its suspension, calling such ideas 'bunk' and affirming the bank's limited facilitator role.
- India's suspension reflects escalating tensions and a focus on hydropower development in Jammu and Kashmir, while Pakistan views the move as illegal and plans to seek global intervention.
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World Bank shocked Pakistan, now where will PAK go about Indus Water Agreement
Obnews Digital Desk: In this stressed atmosphere of India Pakistan, Pakistan is surrounded by poor poor. It is as if Crees have come in Pakistan at the moment. While on one side, there is an outcry in the Pakistani stock market. On the other hand, Pakistan has been pleading with many countries for help. Not only this, inflation is also at its peak in Pakistan. Now World Bank President Ajay Banga has given a shock to Pakistan. Actually, Pakistan …
No Role To Play Beyond Facilitator In Indus Waters Treaty: World Bank Chief Ajay Banga
Delhi/Hyderabad, May 9 (Maxim News): World Bank President Ajay Banga has said that the multilateral agency has no role to play beyond being a facilitator in the Indus Waters Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 for sharing of waters of Indus, Jhelum and Chenab. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp India has suspended the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty in the wake of the killing of 26 tourists in a terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir Pahalgam on…
In setback to Pakistan, World Bank distances itself from Indus Water Treaty
New Delhi: In a major setback to Pakistan, the World Bank made it clear on Friday that it has no role to play in sorting out matters related to the Indus Water Treaty, which India has suspended following the terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 tourists. A message from World Bank chief Ajay Banga, shared by the Indian government, said: "We have no role to play beyond that of a facilitator." “There’s a lot of speculation in th…
World Bank will not intervene in India-Pakistan Indus water dispute, says Ajay Banga
World Bank will not intervene in India-Pakistan Indus water dispute, says Ajay Banga Banga calls media speculation “bunk” as tensions rise after terror attacks and retaliatory strikes Washington, D.C. — Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the Indus Waters Treaty, World Bank President Ajay Banga has ruled out any intervention by the financial institution in resolving the deepening conflict. Banga emphasized that the World Ban…
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