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India-Pakistan permanent Indus Water Commission hold talks from Monday

India-Pakistan permanent Indus Water Commission will hold talks from Monday in New Dehi. The Pakistani delegation is being led by Water Commissioner Jammat Ali Shah. The talks will focus on sharing of river waters. <br/> <br/>AIR correspondent adds that the representatives of the two countries will also exchange flood data and annual reports and talk about future programmes and plan any visits that may be required to project sites on either side. <br/> <br/>Ahead of the talks, India on Sunday strongly denied the Pakistani charges that it is being deprived of its share of the common waters. <br/> <br/>Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that the statements issued by Pakistani authorities are aimed at diverting the attention of their people from Islamabad's inefficient use of the vital resource. <br/> <br/>He asserted that New Delhi has never deprived Pakistan of its share of water and had no intention to do so in future. <br/>

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