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| Kashmir: Pakistan to seek International Court of Justice ruling | Kashmir: Pakistan to seek International Court of Justice ruling |
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| Pakistan has said it will take the Kashmir dispute to the International Court of Justice. | Pakistan has said it will take the Kashmir dispute to the International Court of Justice. |
| The move comes after India revoked the special autonomous status of the part of Kashmir that it administers. | |
| Pakistan reacted to that decision by cutting trade and transport links, and expelling India's ambassador. | Pakistan reacted to that decision by cutting trade and transport links, and expelling India's ambassador. |
| Kashmir - which both countries claim in full but rule in part - has been the site of decades of sporadic conflict. | Kashmir - which both countries claim in full but rule in part - has been the site of decades of sporadic conflict. |
| "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. | "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 decision was taken after considering all legal aspects." |
| He added that the case would centre on alleged human rights violations by India - which it denies - in Muslim-majority Kashmir. | He added that the case would centre on alleged human rights violations by India - which it denies - in Muslim-majority Kashmir. |
| A decision by the International Court of Justice would be advisory only, unless both countries agreed beforehand that the ruling should be binding. | A decision by the International Court of Justice would be advisory only, unless both countries agreed beforehand that the ruling should be binding. |
| Article 370, the Indian constitutional provision granting Kashmir special status, was revoked by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week. | Article 370, the Indian constitutional provision granting Kashmir special status, was revoked by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week. |