Pakistan rejects political maps issued by India

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected the political maps newly issued by India, stating that they are incompatible with the United Nations maps.

According to a foreign office statement, the political maps of India, issued by the Indian Home Ministry yesterday, displaying Jammu and Kashmir region and seeking to depict parts of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir within the territorial jurisdiction of India, are incorrect and incompatible with the United Nations maps.

“Pakistan rejects these political maps, which are incompatible with the United Nations’ maps,” it added.

The statement by the Foreign Office said the maps issued by India on November 2 were “incorrect, legally untenable, void and in complete violation of the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions”.

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“We reiterate that no step by India can change the disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir recognized by the United Nations.

“Such measures by the Government of India cannot prejudice the inviolable right to self-determination of the people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the statement added.

New Map showing the Union Territories of #Jammu & #Kashmir and #Ladakh , as these exist after 31st October, 2019. pic.twitter.com/7lK5OTpyiu

— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) November 2, 2019

It further said that Pakistan would continue supporting the legitimate struggle of the people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir for exercising their right to self-determination in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions. 

A day earlier, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification detailing the boundaries of the so-called union territories of occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, and also issued a new political map of India.

The new map now shows areas under AJK inside Ladakh, and not in Jammu and Kashmir as depicted earlier.  On October 31, Indian authorities formally revoked the constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories: one Jammu and Kashmir, and the other the of Ladakh.