<p>Pakistan has ruled out inviting Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference here, saying it does not recognise and accept the J-K assembly as legitimate one.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz said Kashmir was a disputed territory and Pakistan does not recognise its assembly.<br /><br />"Pakistan does not recognise and accept the said assembly as legitimate one," he told reporters here yesterday.<br /><br />He said Pakistan's principled position on Jammu and Kashmir will be compromised if the speaker of Kashmir is invited to the conference.<br /><br />"We will never invite the speaker of occupied Jammu and Kashmir Assembly," he said.<br /><br />Pakistan has not sent an invitation to the J-K Assembly Speaker for the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting to be held from September 30 to October 8 in Islamabad while invitations have been sent to all the other Speakers in India.<br /><br />India has threatened to boycott the event if J-K assembly speaker Kavinder Gupta was not invited.<br /><br />Indian High Commissioner T C A Raghavan said Pakistan had violated the protocol by not inviting the speaker of Jammu and Kashmir, the Dawn reported.<br /><br />"In the past Pakistan has invited delegations from Kashmir," he said.<br /><br />Raghavan said India will not attend the conference if Pakistan did not invite the speaker of J-K assembly.</p>
<p>Pakistan has ruled out inviting Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference here, saying it does not recognise and accept the J-K assembly as legitimate one.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz said Kashmir was a disputed territory and Pakistan does not recognise its assembly.<br /><br />"Pakistan does not recognise and accept the said assembly as legitimate one," he told reporters here yesterday.<br /><br />He said Pakistan's principled position on Jammu and Kashmir will be compromised if the speaker of Kashmir is invited to the conference.<br /><br />"We will never invite the speaker of occupied Jammu and Kashmir Assembly," he said.<br /><br />Pakistan has not sent an invitation to the J-K Assembly Speaker for the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting to be held from September 30 to October 8 in Islamabad while invitations have been sent to all the other Speakers in India.<br /><br />India has threatened to boycott the event if J-K assembly speaker Kavinder Gupta was not invited.<br /><br />Indian High Commissioner T C A Raghavan said Pakistan had violated the protocol by not inviting the speaker of Jammu and Kashmir, the Dawn reported.<br /><br />"In the past Pakistan has invited delegations from Kashmir," he said.<br /><br />Raghavan said India will not attend the conference if Pakistan did not invite the speaker of J-K assembly.</p>