{"id":131619,"date":"2026-08-21T11:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=131619"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:44:29","slug":"ajk-president-rights-body-deplore-us-envoys-kashmir-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/131619\/","title":{"rendered":"AJK president, rights body deplore US envoy\u2019s Kashmir remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MUZAFFARABAD(National Times)- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Chaudhry Latif Akbar and the Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR) on Thursday criticised US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2024021\">describing\u00a0<\/a>occupied Kashmir as an \u201cimportant part of India\u201d, saying the remarks were at variance with the territory\u2019s disputed status and Washington\u2019s historical position on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In separate statements, Mr Akbar termed the ambassador\u2019s remarks during his visit to Srinagar \u201cdeeply regrettable\u201d and said they disregarded the political and historical aspirations of the Kashmiri people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said administrative control exercised by one country over part of a disputed territory did not determine or alter its final legal and political status. The Kashmir dispute, he added, had remained on the UN Security Council\u2019s agenda for decades, with several resolutions recognising the right of its people to determine their future through a free and impartial process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Akbar said the United States had itself recognised Kashmir as a dispute on various occasions and stressed dialogue and a peaceful settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe disputed status of Jammu &amp; Kashmir cannot be changed by any diplomatic statement. The future of Kashmir cannot be decided by India or Pakistan alone; it must ultimately be determined by the Kashmiri people through the exercise of their fundamental right to self-determination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He urged Washington and the international community to follow the principles of international law and relevant UN resolutions instead of adopting the narrative of any one party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JKCHR, meanwhile, urged the US ambassador, the US Embassy in New Delhi and the State Department to revisit Washington\u2019s diplomatic and legal record on Kashmir before characterising its final status. It said the United States had played a significant role in the UN process for determining the future of held Kashmir, including supporting the appointment of US Admiral Chester W. Nimitz as the UN plebiscite administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organisation also referred to a 1951 US State Department policy paper, \u201cKashmir Dispute: Future Action\u201d, which it said had considered the possibility of seeking an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legality of the Maharaja\u2019s accession to India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JKCHR maintained that the failure to hold the proposed UN-supervised plebiscite did not by itself convert the unresolved dispute into a final settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/2a7602884dcbcff189f6038836bbd9a1.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remarks were also criticised by Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party spokesman Advocate Arshad Iqbal, who said endorsing the position of one party to the dispute raised questions about Washington\u2019s commitment to maintaining an impartial and constructive role in its resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUZAFFARABAD(National Times)- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Chaudhry Latif Akbar and the Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR) on Thursday criticised US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor for\u00a0describing\u00a0occupied Kashmir as an \u201cimportant part of India\u201d, saying the remarks were at variance with the territory\u2019s disputed status and Washington\u2019s historical position on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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