ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Sunday rejected as “dangerously delusional” the remarks by Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the status of Indian-administered Kashmir, calling for a meaningful dialogue to resolve the internationally recognized Kashmir dispute.
Jaishankar said on Friday that as far as Jammu and Kashmir was concerned, India had repealed Article 370, which granted special autonomous status to the part of Kashmir controlled by New Delhi, and the era of uninterrupted dialogue with Pakistan was over, India Today reported.
In 2019, New Delhi annulled Article 370 of the Indian constitution and also struck down Article 35A, which prohibited the purchase of property by people from outside the disputed territory, prompting a strong protest by Pakistan.
In a statement on Sunday, Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the Kashmir dispute was internationally recognized and it must be resolved in accordance with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
“Pakistan unequivocally rejects any narrative that suggests that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute has been or can be settled unilaterally,” she said. “Such claims are not only misleading but dangerously delusional, as they blatantly disregard the on-ground realities.”
Relations between India and Pakistan stand frozen since New Delhi’s revocation of the special autonomous status of Kashmir. The two neighbors have fought three wars, two of them over Kashmir, which they both claim in full but rule in part.
Baloch said India’s unilateral actions in Kashmir “cannot and will not change this reality” and that Pakistan was committed to diplomacy and dialogue, but it would respond with “unyielding resolve to any hostile actions.”
“True peace and stability in South Asia can only be achieved through a settlement in accordance with UNSC resolutions and inalienable rights of the Kashmiri people,” she said.
“Pakistan, therefore, calls on India to abandon its provocative rhetoric and baseless assertions about IIOJK, and to instead, engage in a meaningful dialogue for a just, peaceful, and lasting resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute and for durable peace in South Asia.”
Pakistan says India’s claims on Kashmir ‘dangerously delusional,’ calls for meaningful dialogue
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Pakistan says India’s claims on Kashmir ‘dangerously delusional,’ calls for meaningful dialogue
- Indian minister recently said as far as Jammu and Kashmir was concerned, India had repealed Article 370 that granted special autonomy to region
- Islamabad says it unequivocally rejects any narrative that suggests that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute has been or can be settled unilaterally
Security forces kill 11 militants in separate operations in Pakistan’s northwest
- Pakistan has struggled to contain a surge in militancy in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan
- Militant groups such as the Pakistani Taliban frequently target convoys of security forces, police and government officials
ISLAMABAD: Security forces gunned down 11 Pakistani Taliban militants in separate operations in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Pakistani military said on Saturday, amid a surge in militancy in the South Asian country.
The first intelligence-based operation was conducted in North Waziristan district, which borders Afghanistan, during which six militants were killed, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing.
Another joint intelligence-based operation by police and security forces was conducted in the Kurram district, which led to the killing of five other Pakistani Taliban militants in a fire exchange.
“Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from killed Indian-sponsored khwarij (militants), who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities,” the ISPR said in a statement.
“Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored kharja (militant) found in the area.”
There was no immediate comment by New Delhi to the Pakistani military statement.
Pakistan has struggled to contain a surge in militancy in KP in recent years. Militant groups such as the Pakistani Taliban, or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have frequently targeted convoys of security forces, police stations and check-posts besides kidnapping government officials in the region.
Last year, the South Asian country saw 73 percent increase in combat-related deaths, with both security forces and militants suffering casualties in large numbers.
As per statistics released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), combat-related deaths in 2025 rose 73 percent to 3,387, compared with 1,950 in 2024. These deaths included 2,115 militants, 664 security forces personnel, 580 civilians and 28 members of pro-government peace committees (combatants), the think tank said in a press release.
Islamabad has frequently accused Afghanistan of allowing its soil and India of backing militant groups, including the TTP, for attacks against Pakistan. Kabul and New Delhi have consistently denied this.
