The Reko Diq project site. Photo courtesy Tethyan Copper Company Pakistan/File
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is weighing options how to deal with a recent London High Court judge’s rejection of Balochistan government’s defence before the International Chambers of Commerce (ICC) tribunal that it lacked jurisdiction to arbitrate a dispute in the Reko Diq mining venture in view of corruption allegations.
An informed source privy to the development told
Dawn that one of the options could be challenging the decision of the London High Court judge before the Court of Appeal in the United Kingdom. The International Disputes Unit (IDU) housed inside the Attorney General office in the Supreme Court building was reviewing the ruling and could reach a decision very soon, the source said, adding that a final approval about challenging the ruling was yet to taken.
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Virgin Islands court unfreezes PIA assets in Reko Diq caseInternational 2021-05-26, by Editor Comments Off 2
ISLAMABAD: The High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has recalled its earlier orders regarding attachment of PIA offshore assets in the Reko Diq case against Pakistan.
BVI High Court Justice Gerhard Wallbank, while passing the order on December 10, 2020, had attached certain assets of PIA.
The court had attached the assets belonging to Pakistan International Airlines Investment Limited (PIAIL), including the company’s interests in two hotels Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, New York, and Scribe Hotel in Central Paris.
In view of the injunction, PIA could not sale any of these hotels.