UK judge denies Pakistan corruption defence in Reko Diq case
UK judge denies Pakistan corruption defence in Reko Diq case Dawn 16 hrs ago none@none.com (Atika Rehman) LONDON: Pakistan does not have the right to mount corruption allegations as a defence to challenge the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal in the Reko Diq case, a UK judge ruled this week. In the case, Province of Balochistan v. Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), Judge Robin Knowles of the High Court of Justice rejected Balochistan’s position in which it referred to a Supreme Court decision, saying it was not enough to demonstrate that the allegations of corruption had bee...