ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said Tuesday it would take its dispute with India over Kashmir to the International Court of Justice after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the region earlier this month, according to Reuters report.
Islamabad reacted with fury to that decision, cutting trade and transport links and expelling India’s ambassador.
“We have decided to take the Kashmir case to the International Court of Justice,” Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, told ARY News TV on Tuesday. “The decision was taken after considering all legal aspects.”
The case would center on alleged human rights violations by India in Muslim-majority Kashmir, which both countries claim in full but rule in part, Qureshi said.
Pakistan’s move came days after the United Nations Security Council hold a close consultation on situation in Jammu and Kashmir, in a bid to ease the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
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