Judge: Pakistani Province Can’t Raise Corruption Argument In Mining Dispute

Mealey's (July 23, 2021, 1:52 PM EDT) -- LONDON — A London judge on July 6 ruled that the Province of Balochistan in Pakistan is precluded from raising corruption allegations in its challenge to an arbitral tribunal’s finding of jurisdiction over its arbitral dispute with an Australian mining joint venture regarding the denial of an application for a mining exploration license, for which the joint venture previously won an arbitral award worth more than $6 billion against Pakistan in a separate arbitration....