India has no historical or legal locus standi on GB, FO responds to Indian defence minister

India,” Singh had said, according to Hindustan Times.“Gratuitous repetition of false claims by RSS-BJP leaders for political point-scoring can neither change facts nor can they draw attention away from the reprehensible human rights violations being perpetrated against the Kashmiri people by Indian occupation forces in the valley,” the FO said in a statement issued today. “Pakistan’s principled position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute remains firmly anchored in the relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. “Administrative, political and economic reforms are a long standing demand of the people of GB. The envisaged provisional reforms reflect the aspirations of the indigenous populace of GB,” the FO said.Pakistan also called upon India to immediately end its illegal and forcible occupation of parts of Jammu and 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 UNSC resolutions,” the statement said.