Islamabad: Pakistan on September 16 sought to belittle Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir claiming that Kashmiri people and the Hurriyat Conference have rejected it.

"Kashmir people have rejected those elections. All Party Hurriyat Conference has rejected those elections and called them a sham," Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesman Aziz Ahmed Khan said reacting on the first phase of elections in the state.

On Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's comments that India would combat terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir on its own if world community did not persuade Pakistan to stop it, Khan said it illustrated "typical example of blackmail and threats".

On reports of President Pervez Musharraf extending invitation to the leaders of Hurriyat Conference to visit Pakistan, the spokesman said Islamabad has always welcomed Hurriyat delegation.

PTI