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India summons Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner second time in a week, lodges protest over 'Gilgit-Baltistan order'

In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said it conveyed to Shah that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, which also includes the so-called 'Gilgit-Baltistan' areas, is an integral part of India by virtue of its accession in 1947.

India TV News Desk Edited by: India TV News Desk New Delhi Updated on: May 27, 2018 18:57 IST
Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah

Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah

 

India summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah on Sunday over Islamabad's so-called Gilgit-Baltistan order, and told him that any action to alter the status of any part of the territory under his country's forcible occupation has no legal basis. 

In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said it conveyed to Shah that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, which also includes the so-called 'Gilgit-Baltistan' areas, is an integral part of India by virtue of its accession in 1947. 

Through its order on Gilgit-Baltistan on May 21, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has seized more authority from the local council to deal with the affairs of the region. 

Civil rights groups in Pakistan have criticised the order. 

"Any action to alter the status of any part of the territory under forcible and illegal occupation of Pakistan has no legal basis whatsoever, and is completely unacceptable. Instead of seeking to alter the status of the occupied territories, Pakistan should immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation," the MEA said. 

The ministry said it was also conveyed to the Pakistani deputy envoy that such actions can neither hide the illegal occupation of part of Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan nor the grave human rights violations, exploitation and denial of freedom to the people residing in Pakistan-occupied territories.

This is the second time that Pakistan’s deputy envoy has been summoned this week. Earlier on Wednesday too, Shah was summoned over the killing of a seven-month-old infant in unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhimber sector.

(With PTI inputs)

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