New Delhi/Islamabad: Hours after Islamabad expressed its "serious concern" to the UN over the Indian government's proposed Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, New Delhi dismissed the concerns and said "Islamabad has no locus standi on this issue".

Under the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, anyone distributing a map that the Indian government deems to be "wrong" could be liable for a billion-rupee fine and jail time. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria said India's "incorrect and legally untenable" official map, in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, displays the Pakistani side of Jammu and Kashmir as part of India.