Pakistan to file lawsuit in ICA against

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is all set to become the first country filing a lawsuit against the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) for awarding carbon credits to India on highly controversial Nimoo-Bazga Dam, sources said here on Tuesday.

Sources said the prime minister has already approved a summary for filing a case in the ICA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is sorting out modalities in coordination with ministries of water and power and environmental wing of ministry of disaster management to raise the question about how the UNFCCC awarded carbon credits to India without trans-boundary Environmental Impact Assessment Certificate.

Sources said it has been identified that a report by the UNFCCC paved the way for Nimoo-Bazga Dam project in which it stated that it would have no negative environmental impact on any neighbouring country.

“We have come to know about a report by the UNFCCC and we are surprised how it did so despite the fact that no trans-boundary environmental impact assessment certificate was conducted by India,” sources said.