Pakistan 'Categorically Rejects' India's Remarks on GB Elections as 'Baseless'

Pakistan has vehemently rejected India's statements regarding the upcoming elections in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), labeling them as "baseless" and a calculated effort to distort facts. The Foreign Office spokesperson stated that India's claims are part of a "carefully choreographed attempt to conflate fact with fiction."

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categorically rejected

General elections in GB are scheduled for Sunday, June 7, following a four-month delay due to winter weather. Political parties have been actively campaigning across the region. India, in its statement, objected to the elections, asserting that the entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including GB, are "integral and inalienable parts of India."

Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson, Tahir Andarabi, countered by stating that India remains in "illegal occupation of the internationally recognised disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir." He described New Delhi as a "global leader in propagating fake narratives and tendentious propaganda" and unequivocally rejected the Indian rhetoric with "the contempt it deserves."

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The FO reiterated Pakistan's position that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is the longest unresolved issue on the UN Security Council agenda, stemming from India's "forcible and unlawful occupation" in 1947. Pakistan maintains that a just settlement requires implementing UN Security Council resolutions that guarantee the Kashmiri people's right to self-determination through a free and impartial plebiscite.

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carefully choreographed attempt to conflate fact with fiction

Pakistan further argued that India's "unfounded assertions" about GB distract from "grave and systematic human rights violations" in India-occupied Kashmir. The FO detailed alleged impunity for Indian forces under "draconian laws," calling it "state terrorism" against unarmed Kashmiris. Islamabad urged India to vacate occupied territories, reverse unilateral actions in Kashmir since August 2019, and repeal restrictive laws.

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illegal occupation of the internationally recognised disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir