Pakistan has the right to carry out relevant activities in the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir region and establish economic cooperation with China for its development, visiting former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif said in Beijing yesterday.

Sharif, the current chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the opposition party in Pakistan, made the remarks when addressing an earlier report from India, which criticized China's involvement in ongoing projects in the Kashmir area.

India on Sunday described China's involvement in several of the area's projects as "illegal". Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna said they are "indeed concerned about some of these developments", according to the Indian Express.