A group of diplomats from foreign missions will visit Kashmir on February 18 and Jammu on February 19.
Two batches of foreign diplomats had earlier visited J&K in January and February last year after the abrogation of article 370 in August 2019.
This will be the first visit by foreign diplomats to J&K since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
The envoys could interact with newly appointed chairmen and deputy chairmen of the new DDCs, panchayat members as well as members of civil society.
Media reports quoting sources said it was not clear whether the envoys would meet leaders of regional parties, National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party and others.
In a statement issued in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Foreign Office described the planned visit by the diplomats as part of India’s efforts to “mislead the world community”.
“Such guided tours are a smokescreen, aimed at diverting international attention from India’s egregious human rights violations in [Jammu and Kashmir] and creating a false impression of ‘normalcy’,” the statement said.
There was no immediate response from Indian officials to the statement.
The visit is being arranged less than two weeks after the government restored 4G mobile internet services in the union territory. The services were snapped and other restrictions were imposed when the government scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in August 2019 and split the erstwhile state into two union territories.