Kashmir is unfinished agenda of partition, says Pakistan's Army General Raheel Sharif

NEW DELHI | ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif has said Kashmir is an "unfinished agenda" of Partition and Pakistan and Kashmir were "inseparable." His comments come a day after India objected to elections being held in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

Addressing cadets at the National Defence University in Islamabad, Raheel said, "Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of Partition. Pakistan and Kashmir are inseparable." He also linked peace with India to resolving the Kashmir issue according to the UN resolutions.

Parts of Raheel's speech were tweeted by army spokesman Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa. Talking about the wars, Raheel said that the "contours of future wars are fast changing" but Pakistan was capable to defend it. "While our enemies (are) supporting terrorism to stoke sub conventional conflicts and destabilise our country...(we are) fully determined and capable of defeating nefarious designs," he said.

He also spoke about the use of proxies in the war against other countries. "Pakistan (is) opposed to the use proxies versus other countries and would not allow any country to use proxies versus Pakistan," he said.

Islamabad also rejected India's stand on upcoming elections in Gilgit and Baltistan, describing it as an "interference" in the country's internal affairs.