Archive · 6 Aug 2026
India calls Pakistan's 'Youm-e-Istehsal' observance 'political absurdity' and 'malicious propaganda'
A few years ago, India's government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, changed an important rule called Article 370 for the part of Kashmir it controls.
The rule had given that part of Kashmir, called Jammu and Kashmir, a special status in India's laws.
Pakistan did not like this change.
So every year on August 5, Pakistan marks a special 'day of exploitation' to complain about it.
This year, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister said India's decision was a serious problem for the whole world.
India's foreign ministry replied that Pakistan has no right to talk about it because it is India's own internal matter.
India's spokesperson also said Pakistan is the greatest source of terrorism in the world.
He added that Pakistan treats people unfairly in the part of Kashmir that Pakistan controls.
Each country blames the other, and they do not agree at all.
Pakistan observed August 5 as 'Youm-e-Istehsal', or 'day of exploitation', marking the 2019 abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.
India's Ministry of External Affairs called the observance 'political absurdity' and 'malicious propaganda' against India.
Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said the abrogation posed a 'grave challenge' to the established international framework and reaffirmed solidarity with Jammu and Kashmir residents.
MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the abrogation of Article 370 was an internal matter of India and Pakistan has no authority to comment on it.
Jaiswal called Pakistan 'the global epicentre of terrorism' and accused it of suppressing fundamental rights in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
- Who
- India's Ministry of External Affairs, represented by Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar
- What
- India dismissed Pakistan's August 5 observance of 'Youm-e-Istehsal' marking the abrogation of Article 370 as 'political absurdity' and 'malicious propaganda'
- When
- Wednesday, in response to Pakistan's August 5 observance of the 2019 abrogation anniversary
- Where
- India and Pakistan, in relation to Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir
- Why
- Because India considers the 2019 abrogation an internal matter, while Pakistan criticizes it as a challenge to the established international framework
India's stance
Pakistan's stance
Legitimacy of the Article 370 abrogation
India's stance
The abrogation was an internal matter of India; Pakistan has no authority to comment on it.
Pakistan's stance
The 2019 decision posed a 'grave challenge' to the established international framework and remains a 'matter of deep concern'.
Fundamental rights of Kashmiris
India's stance
India says Pakistan suppresses fundamental rights in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, citing lethal violence, targeted killings and bans on peaceful protests.
Pakistan's stance
Pakistan reaffirms unwavering support for Kashmiris' fundamental rights as enshrined in the UN Charter and reflected in UN Security Council resolutions.
Terrorism allegations
India's stance
India calls Pakistan 'the global epicentre of terrorism' and asks it to take credible, verifiable and irreversible action against terror networks operating from its soil.
Pakistan's stance
Pakistan frames the abrogation as a breach of the international framework and expresses solidarity with the residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Event
- Pakistan observes August 5 as 'Youm-e-Istehsal' (day of exploitation)
- India's response
- 'Political absurdity' and 'malicious propaganda'
- Article 370
- Constitutional provision that gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir
- Abrogation date
- August 5, 2019
- Outcome of abrogation
- Jammu and Kashmir bifurcated into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh
- India's official
- MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal
- Pakistan's official
- Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar
- Recent trigger for tensions
- June 5 ban on the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir