New Delhi, (thestates.news) Conveying its strong protest
to Islamabad against an order by Pakistan’s Supreme Court allowing the conduct
of general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, India on Monday asked the former to
vacate the occupied territories.
The Ministry of External Affairs issued a demarche to Islamabad protesting the
Pakistan Supreme Court’s order.
In an order, the Pakistan Supreme Court allowed the amendment to the Government
of Gilgit-Baltistan Order of 2018 to conduct the general elections in the
region.
‘It was clearly conveyed that the entire Union Territories of Jammu &
Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an
integral part of India by virtue of its fully legal and irrevocable accession.
The Government of Pakistan or its judiciary has no locus standi on territories
illegally and forcibly occupied by it,’ the MEA said in a statement.
India completely rejects such actions and continued attempts to bring material
changes in Pakistan occupied areas of the Indian territory of Jammu &
Kashmir, it added.
The Ministry also asked Pakistan to vacate all areas under its illegal
occupation immediately.
The MEA said such actions can neither hide the “illegal occupation” of parts of
Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh by Pakistan nor the grave
human rights violations, exploitation and denial of freedom to the people
residing in Pakistan occupied territories for the past seven decades.
India’s position in the matter is reflected in the resolution passed by
Parliament in 1994 by consensus, it added.(uni)
India asks Pakistan to vacate all areas under its illegal occupation in J&K immediately
