Pakistan rejects Indian Defence Minister’s unwarranted comments regarding GB

Pakistan rejects Indian Defence Minister's unwarranted comments regarding GB

ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (APP):Pakistan categorically rejecting the Indian Defence Minister’s unwarranted comments regarding Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on Tuesday said India had no locus standi whatsoever on the issue — historical, legal, or moral.

“Gratuitous repetition of false claims by the RSS-BJP leaders, one after the other, for political point-scoring can neither change facts nor can it draw attention away from the reprehensible human rights violations being perpetrated against the Kashmiri people by Indian occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK),” Foreign Office said in a statement issued here.

“Pakistan’s principled position on the Jammu & Kashmir dispute remains firmly anchored in the relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions,” it added.

“Administrative, political and economic reforms are a long-standing demand of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan. The envisaged provisional reforms reflect the aspirations of the indigenous populace of Gilgit-Baltistan,” the statement remarked.

Pakistan called upon India to immediately end its illegal and forcible occupation of parts of Jammu & Kashmir.

“India must comply with its international obligations by allowing the Kashmiris to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination through a free and impartial plebiscite under the auspices of the United Nations as enshrined in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions,” it added.

 

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