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[DAWN] Azad Jammu and Kashmire is part of Pakistain and both parts of Kashmire ‐ in India and Pakistain ‐ should be granted autonomy, former chief minister of the Indian-occupied state Farooq Abdullah said on Saturday.Speaking to news hounds on the sidelines of a function at his National Conference party headquarters in Srinagar, he said: "I want to tell people of India and the entire world that the part of Kashmire that is with Pakistain is part of Pakistain, and the part which is with India belongs to India. It is not going to change even if wars are fought... That part will remain with Pakistain and this part will remain with India, and both Kashmires should be granted autonomy.’’
The former chief minister also said that Kashmire cannot survive as an independent state. "We are landlocked. We have China on one side, Pakistain on the other side and India on the third side. All three have atom bombs," he said.
The Indian Express quoted him as saying that while the state decided to join India "out of love", the country "betrayed" the people of Kashmire and did not treat them well.