Prime Minister Imran Khan has adopted a two-pronged policy on Kashmir after the Modi government\u2019s actions in the occupied valley: to keep the domestic constituency charged, and to follow an aggressive diplomatic onslaught internationally. The revocation of the special constitutional provisions on the autonomy of India-held Kashmir, in fact, has brought life to the otherwise stagnant issue. In this connection, Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier dedicated a Friday (August 30) to the Kashmir cause where Pakistanis came out to express solidarity with the Kashmiris. This past Friday, he held a big rally in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Kashmir. The timing of the rally is of significance: India-held Kashmir has been under lockdown and communication blackout for 42 days running. Though the core constituency of India-held Kashmir may not have heard his address, Prime Minister Khan echoed the very sentiments of Kashmiris and Pakistanis. Moreover, it was a clear message to Modi sarkar that he has no place in the occupied valley to hold such a rally. The world should understand that Kashmiris simply do not want to live with India.
\nThe prime minister delivered a stern warning (or call advice) to India as well as the world: The repression of Kashmiris by Indian troops would lead them as well as 220 million Muslims in India and other parts of the world into extremism. Pushing Indian Muslims, who have been trying to remain mainstream despite Modi-led Hindvata, into extremism will be a recipe for disaster for India itself. His message was clear: \u201cWhat India is doing in Kashmir will draw a strong reaction \u2013 not only from the Kashmiris, but also from Indian Muslims as well as Muslims across the world.\u201d He recounted lynching of Muslims by cow vigilantes and India is solely being made a for-Hindus-only. The prime minister reminded Modi that a captured Indian pilot was returned within days only in the quest for peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prime Minister Imran Khan has adopted a two-pronged policy on Kashmir after the Modi government\u2019s actions in the occupied valley: to keep the domestic constituency charged, and to follow an aggressive diplomatic onslaught internationally. The revocation of the special constitutional provisions on the autonomy of India-held Kashmir, in fact, has brought life to the otherwise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-article"],"yoast_head":"\n