Harping on the "right to self- determination for Kashmiris," Pakistan today claimed the "very fragile" situation in the state cannot be tackled through administrative and political measures as suggested by Home Minister P Chidambaram.

Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said it was "high time" India honoured its "commitments" to the world community and the Kashmiri people by allowing them to exercise their "right to self-determination."

At the same time, Pakistan is committed to provide "moral and diplomatic support" to the Kashmiris in their "struggle for self-determination," Basit told a weekly news briefing in response to a question on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

He said Pakistan agreed with Chidambaram s statement that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir was "very fragile" but did not agree with his assessment that the situation could be tackled through effective administrative and political intervention.

"We do not agree that the situation can be rectified by administrative and half-hearted political measures," he said, adding that the Kashmiris "struggle for the right to self-determination cannot be brushed aside indefinitely."

Basit described the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir as "serious."

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