Pakistan's dissent over the recent developments in Kashmir and its advocacy for the human rights of the locals show the height of hypocrisy and shamelessness when compared to the 72 years of their illegal occupation of Balochistan, said Baloch National Movement’s foreign spokesman Hammal Haider.

Haider's remarks came in the time of elevated tension between India and Pakistan after the Centre announced its landmark decision of transition of Jammu and Kashmir from a state to a union territory, with effect from October 31. Shocked by India's move, Pakistan reportedly requested the international community to intervene in the matter and call for restraint, calling it an "illegal aggression" in the region.