Spokesman for Pakistan’s Foreign Office Mohammad Faisal on Thursday reiterated that Pakistan’s Jinnah house, which is located in Mumbai, belonged to Islamabad and that any attempt by India to take it under control is “unacceptable.”
The bungalow in Mumbai was once owned by Pakistan’s founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
"We have a claim over it (Jinnah House) and we do not accept that anyone tries to take custody of it. They (Indians) have already accepted that it belongs to Pakistan. We have a record of it. They have accepted that it belongs to Pakistan."
Famed for its Italian marble and walnut-wood paneling, Jinnah House, as it is known locally, has been controlled by the Indian government since Jinnah moved to the country he helped create. Pakistan has long claimed ownership of the building.
The Pakistani reaction comes a few days after Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced that the country was working to get the bungalow transferred in its name.
Relations between the two countries remain fraught after numerous conflicts since partition and independence from Britain in 1947, and the Jinnah House has been a bone of contention for decades.
