<p class="title">Pakistan has rejected India's protests over its latest move on exercising administrative authority on the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region, saying New Delhi's "spurious" claim over Jammu and Kashmir contradicts everything from history to the situation on the ground.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan cabinet on May 21 approved Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 which was also endorsed by the assembly for the region. The order is being seen as Islamabad's efforts towards incorporating the disputed region as its fifth province.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India yesterday summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over Islamabad's latest move, saying any action to alter the status of any part of the territory under its "forcible and illegal occupation" has no legal basis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said it conveyed to Shah that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, which also includes the so-called 'Gilgit-Baltistan' areas, is an integral part of India by virtue of its accession in 1947.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman in a statement claimed that the "Jammu and Kashmir was a disputed territory".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Pakistan categorically rejects India's protest against the Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 and its claim over Jammu & Kashmir as an 'integral part' of India. Everything from history to law to morality to the situation on the ground belies India's spurious claim,” the spokesman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"These resolutions, pledging the right to self-determination to the people of Kashmir, were accepted by India, Pakistan and the international community," he said.</p>
<p class="title">Pakistan has rejected India's protests over its latest move on exercising administrative authority on the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region, saying New Delhi's "spurious" claim over Jammu and Kashmir contradicts everything from history to the situation on the ground.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan cabinet on May 21 approved Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 which was also endorsed by the assembly for the region. The order is being seen as Islamabad's efforts towards incorporating the disputed region as its fifth province.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India yesterday summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over Islamabad's latest move, saying any action to alter the status of any part of the territory under its "forcible and illegal occupation" has no legal basis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said it conveyed to Shah that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, which also includes the so-called 'Gilgit-Baltistan' areas, is an integral part of India by virtue of its accession in 1947.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman in a statement claimed that the "Jammu and Kashmir was a disputed territory".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Pakistan categorically rejects India's protest against the Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 and its claim over Jammu & Kashmir as an 'integral part' of India. Everything from history to law to morality to the situation on the ground belies India's spurious claim,” the spokesman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"These resolutions, pledging the right to self-determination to the people of Kashmir, were accepted by India, Pakistan and the international community," he said.</p>