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dated June 3, 1956: Pak claim has no basis

The Kashmir Premier, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed, has declared that Chitral, Punial, Hunza and Nagar were vital and important parts of Kashmir State. "They are as important and vital for us as the areas of Jammu, Ladakh, Poonch and Srinagar.'' Addressing a press conference in Srinagar on June 1, he said everybody in Kashmir was behind Prime Minister Nehru's statement on Chitral. He said that following Mr. Nehru's statement, a lot of hue and cry had been raised by the leaders of Pakistan. "I am prepared to challenge their statements with historical and documentary evidence that Chitral was and is legally and constitutionally part and parcel of Jammu and Kashmir State." By virtue of the treaty signed in 1878 between the Mehtar of Chitral and the Maharaja of Kashmir it was obvious that paramountcy and suzerainty now vested with India, because the State acceded to India in 1947. The Mehtar of Chitral was paying tribute to the Maharaja and in return he received a subsidy of Rs. 12,000. The Mehtar of Chitral had pledged in the treaty that the well-wishers and friends of the Maharaja would be his well-wishers and friends and the Maharaja's enemies would be his enemies. The Mehtar and his son had been sending birthday greetings to the Maharaja along with the tribute till the time the State acceded to India. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed said Pakistan's claim on Chitral had no basis, legal, moral or constitutional.

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