India's new army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Saturday said that the Indian army will move to claim Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) if it is given orders in this regard by the parliament, Indian media reported. Speaking to media in New Delhi, Naravane claimed that a parliamentary resolution stated that the "entire erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir" - a reference to the region including AJK - is part of India.

"[...] there is a parliamentary resolution from several years ago about this that the entire erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir is a part of India," he said, according to Hindustan Times.

"If parliament desires that area to also become our part at some point and if we receive any orders to this effect then action will definitely be taken," Naravane added.

Meanwhile, Pakistan army rejected as "routine rhetoric" the Indian army chief Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane's statement.

The Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor said statements by the Indian COAS to undertake military action across LoC are routine rhetoric for domestic audiences to get out of ongoing internal turmoil.

"Pakistan Armed Forces are fully prepared to respond to any act of Indian aggression," the DG ISPR said.