Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that India is mistaken if it equates the "freedom struggle" in the disputed region of Kashmir with terrorism.
"India is mistaken if it considers that a freedom fight can be equated with terrorism," said Sharif in Pakistan's capital Islamabad.
Sharif further said that his country is committed to the cause of Kashmir's freedom struggle.
"Pakistan is committed to the Kashmir cause. No power in the world can stop us from supporting the freedom struggle of Kashmiris," he said.
Pakistan Prime Minister's comment came at a time when Pakistan and India relations is at its lowest point following a militant attack at an army base in Uri region of disputed Kashmir territory, where 19 Indian soldiers were killed.
After the Uri attack, India claimed of conducting surgical strike along the defacto India-Pakistan border to avenge the killings of its soldiers.
The Pakistan government have repeatedly dismissed claims.
The fresh tension between the two countries comes at a time when the Narendra Modi government in India has been struggling to contain protests on the streets of disputed Kashmir, where more than 100 civilians have been killed and thousands wounded in the last 10 weeks after a young separatist militant Burhan Wani was killed by Indian security forces.
Thousands of young Kashmiris attended the funeral procession of Wani, which led to clashes with the army. Meanwhile, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday also praised slain Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani, saying he was a "freedom fighter and pride of Kashmiri people".
The recent statements of Sharif are likely to add more fuel to the fire between the two arch rival countries.
The disputed Kashmir region is India's only Muslim-majority state, both the arch rivals rule the region in part but claim it in full.
