Pakistan has challenged Indian govt to take diplomats and journalists to IoK: DG ISPR.

MUZAFFARABAD -- Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor on Tuesday said that Pakistan has challenged the Indian government to take diplomats and journalists to Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK).

The ISPR chief made the statement while talking to a senior anchorperson of a private TV channel who had accompanied him on a tour of the LoC earlier on Tuesday.

Several diplomats and journalists had been invited to take a tour of the Line of Control (LoC) by the army in order to establish the ground reality about the presence of alleged terror camps in the area.

The Indian army chief had earlier made a statement with regards to the presence of these camps in the area, and claimed that the Indian army had destroyed them.

"Today diplomats and journalists visited the Line of Control and ascertained the ground reality with regards to claims by Indian army chief about presence of alleged terror camps in the area," DG ISPR said.

"The whole of Pakistan has challenged the Indian government to take diplomats and journalists to their side of the Line of Control in Indian-occupied Kashmir in a similar manner," he added.

Taking a chide at recent statements made by the Indian officials on occupied Kashmir, Major General Ghafoor remarked how India could see the reverence for Pakistan that people of Kashmir had in their hearts.

"Now I will request the international community to...

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