Pakistan, June 5 -- ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has declared that the Simla Agreement no longer holds any significance, and that the Line of Control (LoC) has reverted to its original status as a ceasefire line.

Asif stated that the Simla Accord was strictly a bilateral agreement between Pakistan and India, with no involvement of the World Bank or any third party. He explained that with the accord no longer in effect, the LoC automatically becomes a ceasefire line, which was its original status after 1948.

He argued that India's recent actions have rendered the Simla Accord meaningless, and that Pakistan is now returning to its 1948 position, when the line was internationally referred to as a ceasefire boundary....