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India rejects Pakistan remarks on Kashmir

India on Saturday trashed certain remarks on Kashmir by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and asserted that he has no locus standi to comment on internal matters of the country. “India categorically rejects the unwarranted comments made by the President of Pakistan. He has, in any case, no locus standi to comment on matters that are internal to India,” External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said. “These comments are particularly absurd given Pakistan’s own abysmal record on human rights, which is a matter of global commentary.” Jaiswal said Pakistan’s “long history of systematically targeting and victimising minorities.”