‘Cartographic Hallucination’: Pakistan PM Imran Khan Unveils Country’s New ‘Political Map’ With J&K, Parts Of Gujarat As Its Territories

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi on Tuesday (Aug 4) unveiled what he claimed as the new “political map of Pakistan” identifying Jammu and Kashmir and Junagadh in Gujarat as its territories.

PM Khan said the new political map has been approved by his cabinet and will now be the "official map" used in schools and colleges.

Dismissing the ‘so-called political map’ released by Imran Khan, India’s foreign ministry said that it demonstrated Pakistan’s obsession with territorial aggrandisement supported by cross-border terrorism.

“This is an exercise in political absurdity, laying untenable claims to territories in the Indian State of Gujarat and our Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and of Ladakh. These ridiculous assertions have neither legal validity nor international credibility,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said in a brief statement.

Stating that these “ridiculous assertions” have neither legal validity nor international credibility, the MEA press note added, “In fact, this new effort only confirms reality of Pakistan’s obsession with territorial aggrandisement supported by cross-border terrorism”.

Hindustan Times quoted an Indian official as describing Islamabad’s effort to publish the document as a “cartographic hallucination”.