Pakistan Rejects India’s ‘Farce’ Remarks on AJK Elections
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- Pakistan rejected India's criticism of the ongoing Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections.
- The Foreign Office called India's remarks "baseless and politically motivated."
- Pakistan asserts the AJK elections are peaceful and transparent, reflecting local will.
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Pakistan has strongly rejected India's criticism of the ongoing legislative assembly elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), labeling India's remarks as "baseless and politically motivated." Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi highlighted that India's comments coincided with the seventh anniversary of its August 5 actions in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which Pakistan views as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Pakistan maintains that the AJK elections are being conducted peacefully and transparently, reflecting the will of the local people, and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir remains an internationally recognized disputed territory whose final status should be determined by UN resolutions and a UN-supervised plebiscite.
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Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi rejected India's characterization of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections as a "farce" and "hollow exercises," stating that India lacks the moral and legal authority to comment.
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Pakistan has rejected India’s characterization of the ongoing legislative assembly elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as a “farce” and “hollow exercises.” Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi asserted that India lacks the moral and legal credibility to comment on the elections, given its continued denial of political rights and democratic freedoms in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). He also highlighted that India’s prolonged military presence and stringent laws in IIOJK facilitate demographic changes, and reiterated Pakistan's call for a UN-supervised plebiscite to determine the final status of Jammu and Kashmir.
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