India to ask World Bank expert to pause Indus dispute meetings

India is preparing to "brief" the World Bank and the bank-appointed neutral expert, Michel Lino, about its decision to not participate in forthcoming proceedings of the Indus treaty dispute-resolution mechanism in Vienna till the water-sharing pact with Pakistan remains suspended, according to an official.

- Zia Haq

NEW DELHI:

Since the treaty is in abeyance, the government will ask Lino's office to put upcoming meetings on hold, the official said.