New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir was never Pakistan's and will never be, India said in a sharp reaction to observance of the so-called 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' in Pakistan yesterday.
Pakistan's "self destructive and "futile quest for territorial aggrandisement" in the state was well known, Spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry Syed Akbaruddin said.
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He was reacting to questions about rallies and speeches by various parties and groups including banned terrorist outfit JuD in Pakistan.
"It is high time for Pakistan to start paying attention to all the problems that afflict them rather than covet what is not theirs and never will be," he said, asserting that Jammu and Kashmir was and will always remain part on India.
