#Kashmir #IIOJK was recently asked about UNSC Res 47 and that it called on Pakistan to withdraw first. Something Indians like to propagate. Let me set the record straight. UNSC Res 80 adopted in March 1950 reversed this by calling for simultaneous withdrawal of troops by both 1/5
India and Pakistan. Interestingly, India at that time was a non-permanent member of the UNSC and DID NOT vote against the resolution thereby accepting the Pakistani position that a simultaneous withdrawal of troops should take place 2/5
The resolution also defacto accepted AJK by equating AJK troops with J&K (IIOJK) troops. Now this is something that sadly, not enough Pakistanis or Kashmiris are aware of. The point is unless we do our research we cannot argue a case convincingly 3/5
For example, how many Pakistanis know that India took #Kashmir to UN under Article 6, which deals with resolution of international disputes & not under Article 7, which deals with occupation? India accepted 1) Kashmir as an international dispute 2) that it was not occupation 4/5
Similarly, how many know that the Maharajah had signed a standstill agreement with Pakistan which essentially meant that the ‘administrative arrangements’ between Brits and J&K would now be taken over by Pakistan and J&K untill agreement on instrument of accession was reached 5/5
Point being: please read up on the nuances of the issue if you want to understand why #Kashmir remains such a critical issue. For Pakistan atleast, it isn’t about territory but about the people who have been granted the right to choose for themselves - a right India has denied.

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4 Aug 20
#Pakistan releases new political map. It maintains our principled position on self-determination for #Kashmiris while strengthening Pakistan’s claim over all parts of the erstwhile territory of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Key features of the new map are as follows 1/6
1. Pakistan has now extended its international border eastwards along the border between IIOJK and India. It leaves the LAC as undefined territory subject to the settlement of the Kashmir dispute under UN resolutions. 2/6
2. It formally extends the LOC to Karakoram Pass as per our stand under the Karachi Agreement and WB is shown to demonstrate territory where India is illegally occupying territory. 3/6
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