ISLAMABAD – INDIA irked with Pakistani PM Imran Khan using word ‘Jihad’ forOccupied Kashmir during his speech at Islamabad Airport.
Indian media has highlighted Prime Minister Imran Khan speech using wordJihad for Kashmir. PM Imran Khanon his return from the US on Sunday saidthat those standing by Kashmiris were doing “jihad” and Pakistan willsupport Kashmiris even if the world does not.
Prime Minister Khan, who focussed on the Kashmir issue in his maidenaddress to the UN General Assembly, told his party workers at the airporthere that “whether the world is with the Kashmiris or not, we are standingwith them.”
“It (standing by Kashmiris) is jihad. We are doing it because we want Allahto be happy with us,” he said.
“It is a struggle and do not lose heart when the time is not good. Do notbe disappointed as the Kashmiris are looking towards you,” he said.
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He said “Kashmiris would win if the Pakistani people stood by their side”.
Khan on Friday raised the Kashmir issue in his address to the UNGA anddemanded that India must lift the “inhuman curfew” in Kashmir and releaseall “political prisoners”.
