Pakistan to take Kashmir dispute with India to World Court
Pakistan to take Kashmir dispute with India to World Court
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Tuesday it would take the Kashmir dispute with India to International Court of Justice, after New Delhi revoked special status for the occupied territory earlier this month.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Tuesday it would take the Kashmir dispute with India to International Court of Justice, after New Delhi revoked special status for the occupied territory earlier this month.

“We have decided to take Kashmir case to the International Court of Justice,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told a private news channel. “The decision was taken after considering all legal aspects.”

India stripped Kashmiris of the special autonomy they had for seven decades through a rushed presidential order. An indefinite curfew — that has entered its 15th day today — was imposed in occupied Kashmir and elected leaders were put under house arrest.

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By repealing Article 370 of the constitution, people from the rest of India will now have the right to acquire property in Kashmir and settle there permanently.

Kashmiris see the move as an attempt to dilute the demographics of Muslim-majority Kashmir with Hindu settlers.

Pakistan had strongly condemned the move and vowed to “exercise all possible options to counter the illegal steps” taken by India.