A radio station that broadcasts to Pakistani-controlled Kashmir is to get a new 10 kilowatt transmitter to help counter “baseless” “propaganda” from India, according to the director general of the country’s state broadcaster.

Samina Pervaiz says she will get approval from the board of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) for the new equipment, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan.

The new medium wave transmitter for Radio Azad Kashmir Muzaffarabad will help overcome current reception problems, she said.

She told employees of the station that she appreciated that their hard work, despite the very harsh conditions faced in one of the most remote parts of the world.

Kashmir is a region around the Himalayas, claimed by both India and Pakistan, part of which is controlled by each country.

Two wars have been fought over the region since 1947, when both countries gained their independence from Britain.