Urges India to vacate occupied territories and reverse unilateral actions in IIOJK
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo: Archive
Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected India’s baseless comments on the upcoming elections in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), describing the outlandish claims as part of New Delhi’s “carefully choreographed attempt to combine fact with fiction”.
The statement came after India, in a statement issued by its Ministry of External Affairs earlier in the day, objected to the elections in Britain, stating that “all the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the so-called ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’, are integral and inalienable parts of India.”
Britain’s general election is scheduled for June 7 after being postponed for four months due to severe winter conditions. Political parties, including the PPP and PML-N, had intensified their campaigns across the region, holding rallies and corner meetings ahead of the elections, as the election campaign concluded at midnight on Friday.
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Pakistan rejects India’s statements on Gilgit-Baltistan elections, reaffirms its position on Jammu and Kashmir
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“We unequivocally reject this latest Indian rhetoric with the contempt it deserves,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement, accusing India of being a world leader in propagating false narratives and biased propaganda.
Reiterating Pakistan’s stance on Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the FO said the Kashmir dispute remains the longest unresolved issue on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council, originating from India’s forcible and illegal occupation of the territory in 1947.
“The only just and lasting solution to the dispute lies in the faithful implementation of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, which guarantee the people of Kashmir their inalienable right to self-determination through a free and impartial plebiscite under the auspices of the UN,” he added.
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The Ministry of External Affairs further said that India’s claims on GB could not divert attention from what it described as gross and systematic violations of human rights in IIOJK. “The continued impunity enjoyed by Indian forces under draconian laws in the occupied territory is another dimension of what they termed state terrorism against unarmed Kashmiris,” the statement said.
Pakistan called on India to vacate all occupied territories, reverse all illegal and unilateral actions taken in IIOJK, particularly since August 5, 2019, repeal all draconian laws and allow access to neutral observers, international humanitarian and human rights organizations and international media to assess the situation on the ground, while urging that the people of Kashmir be allowed to exercise their right to self-determination in accordance with the relevant Council resolutions. UN Security.
