The recent judgment by the Supreme Court of India regarding the status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) has ignited a fresh wave of tensions between India and Pakistan. Pakistan, in a strong and unequivocal response, rejected the decision, considering it another manifestation of India’s pliant judiciary under the ruling dispensation. The international implications of this decision are profound, given the longstanding dispute over Kashmir, which has been on the UN Security Council’s agenda for over seven decades.

The Indian Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding the government’s illegal move to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, including the scrapping of Article 370, has deepened the divide between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. This move, carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019, has far-reaching consequences, not only for the region but for the international community.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Jalil Abbas Jilani, minced no words in denouncing the decision, emphasizing that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognized........

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