Pakistan has completely rejected and strongly condemned the unwarranted andtotally unacceptable comments made by the Indian defense minister at arecent event in Jammu.
In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said theIndian minister in his remarks distorted the well-established historicalfacts about the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, levelled baseless allegationsand hurled threats against Pakistan.
He said this is not the first time that a senior Indian politician hastried to cast aspersions on the legitimate, indigenous and just freedomstruggle of the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
However, he said provocative statements by Indian political figures cannotalter reality.
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The spokesperson said India needs a reminder from history that the Jammuand Kashmir is an internationally recognized dispute that remains on theagenda of the United Nations and its solution lies in the implementation ofthe relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
He said Pakistan will always continue to lend all possible support to thepeople of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in their juststruggle to attain their right to self-determination.link
