*ISLAMABAD – A lawmaker from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party said thatthe federal government has been “consistently putting pressure on theinternational community” over Kashmir dispute.*
“Pakistan needs to highlight the facts and build pressure,” PTI MNA SadaqatAli Abbasi said.
Taking a U-turn on his earlier offer to mediate between Pakistan and Indiato resolve the Kashmir issue, US President Donald Trump said Monday thatthe two countries can “handle their own dispute”.
“The American media, people and thinks tanks are concerned over thesituation in Indian-held Kashmir,” said Mashal Malik, the wife of jailedKashmiri leader Yasin Malik. She said that the pressure was mounting onPresident Trump and he was trying to handle the situation.
Abbasi believed that President Trump’s remarks during the meeting with PMModi will have no impact on the US president’s offer for mediation.
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“The meeting was not on Kashmir,” the PTI lawmaker said. “It was just a G7meeting.”
Abbasi said that India used to consider Kashmir an internal issue butPakistan has internationalised it.
