Pakistan Rejects Indian FM’s Claim On AJK, Calls It ‘Misleading, Baseless

The spokesperson said that  we also wish to underscore any electoral exercise, pursuant to Indian Constitution, cannot serve as a substitute to grant of rights to self-determination. Similarly, the decades-old offence of the Kashmiri people cannot be meaningfully conveyed through economic activity down the barrel of a gun.

Pakistan has strongly rejected the remarks made by the Indian External Affairs Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on Jammu & Kashmir during an event at the Chatham House in London.

At his weekly Social media briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said the remarks misrepresented the ground realities and failed to observe the international law.

Note this important point India-occupied Kashmir (LOK) was an internationally recognized disputed territory, the( FO) official said Jaishankar’s remarks “misrepresent the ground realities and failed to observe the international law”.

“The relevant UN Security Council resolutions stipulate that the final status of Jammu and Kashmir is to be determined through a free and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices. India’s prevarication cannot change this reality,” Shafqat asserted.

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However, Pakistan firmly rejected these remarks, maintaining that India’s actions in Jammu and Kashmir violate international laws and UNSC resolutions.

The two countries saw a heated exchange in January this year as the  military strongly reacted to the Indian army chief calling Pakistan the “Center of Terrorism”.

Shafqat Ali Khan said instead of making baseless claims about Azad Jammu and Kashmir, India should vacate the large territories of Jammu & Kashmir, under its occupation for the last 77 years.