Kashmiri political organizations have welcomed the continued United Nations cartographic treatment of Jammu and Kashmir as a disputed territory.

The organizations, including the Jammu and Kashmir United Council and the Global Peace Movement, in their statements referred to UN Map No. 4668 and said the map identifies Jammu and Kashmir as disputed and depicts the Line of Control as a dotted line rather than an international boundary.

The organizations said that the UN General Assembly's September 4 adoption of the resolution did not alter the UN's established position on Jammu and Kashmir.

They urged the international community to press India to resolve the dispute in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. 

Meanwhile, political analysts have expressed concern over the growing emphasis by Indian authorities on a pre-Islamic civilizational narrative in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, saying it risks marginalizing the territory's Muslim heritage.

The concerns followed Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's unveiling of a statue of Acharya Abhinavagupta and the release of Dr. Vaidehi Taman's book Abhinavagupta: The Voice of Eternal Shiva in Jammu.

Concerns have also been expressed over a proposed "Tantra in Silence" retreat in Gurez Valley, with Hurriyat leaders, religious scholars and politicians stressing the need to protect Kashmir's Muslim and Sufi heritage.

Senior APHC leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq described Gurez as "the land of Sufis and saints" and called for the prevention of such events in the territory.