Tue 27 August 2019:
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Islamic nations may be silent on Kashmir now but there will come a time when they will have to speak up.
With Pakistan failing to get traction for its belligerent stand on Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan asked Pakistanis to not get disheartened by the silence of Islamic nations on Kashmir.
He said that Islamic nations may be silent on Kashmir now but there will come a time when they will have to speak up.
“I read in the newspapers that people are disappointed that Muslim countries are not siding with Kashmir. I want to tell you not to be disappointed; if some countries are not raising this issue because of their economic interests, they will eventually take this issue up. They will have to, with time,” he said.
Imran Khan stressed that Pakistan had succeeded as Kashmir was being discussed in the international world.
“We have succeeded in internationalizing the issue of Kashmir, we talked to world leaders and embassies. UN for the first time since 1965, convened a meeting on Kashmir issue. Even international media has picked it up,” the Pakistani prime minister said on Monday.
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— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 26, 2019
He also said that he will raise the issue at every international forum, including at the UN General Assembly.
Outlining his government’s future strategy on Kashmir, Khan said: “First, I believe, the entire nation should stand with the Kashmiri nation. I have said this that I will act as Kashmir’s ambassador”.
“I will tell the world about this, I have shared this with heads of state that I have been in contact with. I will raise this issue at the UN as well,” he said while referring to his scheduled address to the UN General Assembly next month.
Khan claimed that Prime Minister Modi had made a “historic blunder” by revoking Kashmir’s special autonomy.
“This is the UN’s responsibility, they promised the people of Kashmir that they would protect them. Historically, the world bodies have always sided with the powerful but the UN should know that 1.25 billion Muslims are looking towards it,” he said.
Prime Minister Khan once again raised the nuclear capabilities of the neighbours, saying there are no winners in a nuclear war.
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— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 26, 2019
Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after India abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution, evoking strong reactions from Pakistan.
India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Article 370 was an internal matter and also advised Pakistan to accept the reality.
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