ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the international communityto ask India to lift curfew in occupied Kashmir as the people of the areahave been facing a lockdown for last fifty days.
He was speaking at a Question-Answer session at the Council on ForeignRelations as a special guest in New York on Monday.
Regarding the illegal Indian act of annexing occupied Kashmir, Imran Khansaid Kashmir is a disputed territory between Pakistan and India asrecognized by UN Security Council resolutions.
He said the international community should play a due role in resolution ofthe longstanding issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Prime Minister said Pakistan and India are two nuclear armed states andany conflict between them can have negative impacts beyond South Asia.
He said the world should intervene to resolve the situation.Imran Khan saidthe ruling party in India is pursuing an agenda of racist Hindu supremacyof Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
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The Prime Minister said just after coming to power he extended a hand ofcooperation and resolving all issues with India on the dialogue table, buthis offer was not well responded by the rulers of New Delhi.
He said Pakistan and India have common issues like poverty and climatechange, which need to be addressed together.
He said we urged India to reset our relations based on mutual interest.Healso made it clear that we will allow no terrorist group on our soil.
