"Jammu and Kashmir are an integral part of India," Indian delegate Mayank Joshi said, while reacting to a statement made by Pakistani diplomat Diyar Khan in the 193-member Third Committee who called for a settlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN resolutions.
"It’s regrettable that decades after the adoption of these resolutions, the people of Jammu and Kashmir remain deprived of their fundamental right to self-determination. They continue to face widespread repression and human rights violations, which have been documented by independent international human rights organisations," Pakistani delegate Diyar Khan said.
Exercising his right of reply, Joshi called the Pakistani delegate's comments about the Kashmir issue as "factually incorrect.”
Khan rejected Joshi’s arguments and stated that Kashmir is not a part of India, adding that it is internationally recognised as a disputed territory.
"Numerous undertakings and statements of similar nature have been made by the Indian leadership at international forums including at the United Nations," Khan said.
Addressing the elections that took place in Indian-administered Kashmir, Khan said that those elections were rejected by the UN as well as the Kashmiri people.
Responding to this, Joshi said that the elections were held under scrutiny of the international media.
On the other hand, Khan claimed that the elections were held under foreign occupation and could not be a substitute to impartial elections.
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@Saad: The land is not going anywhere however if you are interested in taking all Muslim kashmiris in Pakistan, you are welcome. Any way, I think you guys are interested in Kashmiris and not in their land..right?
Indians have no right to hold the Kashmir with them because there are majority of Muslims and its a integral part of Pakistan. The same is the demand of the people of Kashmir and Indian PM Mr. Nehro hv also signed the UN resolution in 1948 to provide a self determination right to them.
Why Mr. Nehro hv signed the UN resolution at that time ? Indians should hv to follow the international laws and you hv no right to impose your thinking on the whole world.
Pakistan will fight for the people of Kashmir at every world forum till the independence of Kashmir. We respect the UN resolutions and waiting for the permanent solution of this issue.
KASHMIR IS THE INTEGRAL PART OF PAKISTAN.
@Saad: no can do it!! U aint getting nothing more!
I think it is time that India to solve the issue, if INDIA wants to rise in league of Nation. One more thing India needs to change that it is trying on every place to undermine the role of Pakistan in trade with world, role in peace in world and its neighbours. If kashmir issue is being settled once for all the amount of defense spending done by India and Pakistan could be brought down to half of current spending, that amount could be spend on education, health and research facilities. India does not understand it is one who is in problem then Pakistn is, we have problems but fact is that we are 200 million so we have problems of 200 million but India is a country of 1 billion, he has bigger economy but has bigger problems.
India has more Muslims than entire population of Pakistan. So giving Kashmir to Pakistan just because its 97% is not a good argument. Besides, Kashmiri pandits were driven out of Kashmir by threats from militants. Pakistan should focus on its internal problems than crying about Kashmir all the time.
@Saad,How come Kashmir still has 97% Muslim population but Pakistan doesn't have its 15% Hindu population? There is your answer the problem! Here is our view, Kashmir is our land for thousands of years until Muslim invaders from middle east occupied it, we already lost lot of land to invaders and converts, we will not allow it anymore!
@Sneha: India never got any right in Kashmir! When it was asked to produce the instrument of accession in 1948, it failed to do so. It only produced it years later. Which means either it was coerced from the Maharajah under duress by occupying Indian forces, or was a fake. So stop harping on this lie that Kashmir acceded to India, it most certainly did not. Besides, I second Kashmiri's post.
@Sneha:
So, if the king of Kashmir had signed an agreement with Indian government, similarly, the kings of Hyderabad Dhakkan and Gurdas Pur were ready to signed an agreement with Pakistan, but when Indian sensed this, they attacked on both Hyderabad Dhakkan and Gurdas Pur. What do you think, then Pakistan will wait and see. Kashmir is an disputed territory. There must be Scotland type referendum under UN. We will accept the result. But i am certain that so called democratic and secular state will not allow to give the fundamental human rights to the people of Kashmir.
@Sneha Pakistan, in POK dont have over 1 million military. There is no killing and protests in these ares indicating that these peoples are how much happy to be a part of Pakistan. Azad Kashmir is an independent territory of Pakistan which has full power to their own peoples. They have full rights to decide how they have to live in their homes but in IOK (Disputed Territory), is the way of life same?? daily protests, strikes, killings, military patrolling in streets, rising flags of Pakistan in Srinagar indicates what these people wanted to be. Be mature and realistic dear. Kashmir is Pakistan and Pakistan is Kashmir. Pakistan Paindabad
Take the 65% Hindu populated Jammu and give us 97% Muslim majority Kashmir. Win Win situation.
How can it be election under "foriegn"or "occupation" when india got the right to Jammu and Kashmir after the independent state king signed agreement with india and not pakistan? Who violated their state rights by attacking under garb of infiltrators? It's pakistan who has no legal right over pok,while india has. As far as UN resolution it's just a suggestion where is it binding? And morever your own country signed Simla agreement making it bilateral to solve the problems no third party intervention. So crying at different places to deflect internal situation of country wont help. As far as free and fair election goes. The world recognises india for its free and fair election and applauds it, every country comes to india during election to learn from india from western states to including even your own. Every step of procedure has many systems to ensure its tamperproof. Go YouTube the procedure and seals every step has.