Pakistan has rejected the Indian narrative that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute has been or can be settled unilaterally.

“Such claims are not only misleading but dangerously delusional, as they blatantly disregard the on-ground realities,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in response to media queries on Sunday.

“India’s unilateral actions in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) cannot and will not change this reality.”

The questions were raised regarding the Indian external affairs ministry spokesperson about the disputed territory.

The FO spokesperson stated that the Kashmir dispute is an internationally recognised dispute that must be resolved in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.

“Resolution of this unresolved conflict is pivotal to peace and stability in South Asia,” she said.

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Baloch added that while Pakistan remained committed to diplomacy and dialogue, 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.”

The FO called 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.”