President Citizen's Forum R K Chadha said that Geelani and other leaders who have very conveniently forgotten that this state belongs to people of Jammu and Ladakh also who are far too more in numbers than the section of Kashmiri Azadi seekers who are permanently on the pay role of Pakistan through Hurriyat leaders.

Reiterating India's stand on Pakistan's involvement in the internal situation in the Valley, Swarup said Islamabad has no locus standi in commenting on that.

Vikas Swarup's remarks came after Nawaz Sharif sent a letter to the United Nations chief for the second time and sought its intervention in the Kashmir issue.

"Sending out 22 envoys is not going to make their baseless and untenable claims legitimate". Asked about China-Pakistan economic corridor, Swarup said it passes through India's sovereign territory under illegal occupation of Pakistan and that "India would obviously have concerns about any project there happening with third party collaboration".

Talking about Secretary of State John Kerry's statement on Pakistan's anti-terror efforts, the spokesperson said Pakistan draws no distinction in the terrorist groups. That is the real issue.

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Asked about Sharif criticising Modi's remarks on Balochistan and PoK as unwarranted and in contravention of the UN charter, in his letter to the UN Chief, Swarup said the issue about people who are oppressed and crushed and raising it can not be wrong.

It said the remarks were aimed at diverting the world attention from the ongoing atrocities in the Kashmir valley.

Masoodi said, "as parliament members from India and Pakistan visit, meet and hold consultations jointly in New Delhi and Islamabad on all issues concerning the two countries, including the conflict in Kashmir, there is no reason not to allow them to jointly visit Kashmir, on both the sides of Line of Control".

Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakariya said that Sharif sent the letter to Ban Ki-Moon apprising him of the deteriorating situation in Kashmir. "This year, on the Indian Independence Day, Prime Minister Modi's call on human right situation has given courage to people, so Pakistan is more aggressive", UK-based Baloch activist Faiz Muhammad Marri said.