Pak-China Agreement On Azad Pattan Hydel Project

• 20 Jul 2020

• Pakistan and China have signed an agreement for the 700 MW Azad Pattan hydel power project on the Jhelum River in Sudhnoti district of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
• The Azad Pattan project is one of five hydropower schemes on the Jhelum, the other four are Mahl, Kohala, Chakothi Hattian and Karot projects.
• Azad Pattan, Kohala and Karot are being developed under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework.
• India has protested the construction of dams and other infrastructure in PoK and Gilgit Baltistan, which are territories claimed by it as part of Jammu & Kashmir like the Diamer-Bhasha dam (on Indus river) in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of the PoK.