Pakistan’s Core Claims Challenged: The article systematically critiques Islamabad’s positions—that Jammu & Kashmir is UN-recognized disputed territory, that resolution requires a plebiscite per UNSC resolutions, and that India’s 2019 abrogation of Article 370 violates those resolutions—arguing each is undermined by Pakistan’s own actions and the resolutions’ unfulfilled preconditions.

Pakistan’s Inconsistencies Highlighted: Key examples include the 1963 cession of Shaksgam Valley to China, the development of CPEC through PoJK, military attempts to seize territory in 1965 (Operation Gibraltar) and 1999 (Kargil), and constitutional restrictions in PoJK that prevent free expression of views on accession.

Call for Stronger Indian Counter-Narrative: India should proactively and consistently expose these contradictions at international forums, emphasize the bilateral nature of the issue under the Shimla Agreement, reject any legitimization of terrorism as a “freedom struggle,” and treat Article 370 as a purely internal constitutional matter.

Reviving Kashmir Issue

Seven years ago, Pakistan’s then Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he would serve as an ambassador for the people of Kashmir by raising the Kashmir issue at every international forum including the UN General Assembly. This was after New Delhi had abrogated Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, a temporary provision that provided special status to the people of J&K.

Khan may have been unceremoniously removed from office but his promise on Kashmir endures and despite suffering the ignominy of being repeatedly ignored, Islamabad continues to rake up the Kashmir issue on every conceivable occasion. That this stratagem hasn’t worked is evident from recent news reports that Islamabad would be sending parliamentary delegations to the UK and Europe specifically for this purpose.

Pakistan’s Stand on Kashmir is based on the following claims- one, it’s a recognised by UN as “disputed territory;” two, resolution of the Kashmir issue should be in accordance with the wishes of its people through a plebiscite as recommended in UNSC resolutions, and three, abrogation of........

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