PM says Pakistan will fight till the end if India imposes war, asks UN to \u2018act before it\u2019s too late\u2019 | fears bloodb\u00adath in IOK once curfew lifted\u00ad | Regrets Islamophobia in West, says world leaders lack seriousness on addressing climate change challenges<\/p>\n
news agencies
\nNEW YORK
\nPrime Minister Imran Khan warned the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) of far reaching consequences in case of an armed conflict between India and Pakistan, as he warned India of fighting till the end if a war is imposed on Pakistan.
\n\u201cWhen a war starts between nuclear-armed countries, there will be consequences\u2026it\u2019s not a threat but a fair worry,\u201d he said in his maiden address at UNGA on Friday.
\nHe asked the United Nations to act before it\u2019s too late.
\n\u201cThis is not a time to appease but a time to action\u2026 India must lift curfew, free all political prisoners, and the world community must give Kashmiris righto self-determination,\u201d the premier said.
\nHe said there will be bloodbath once curfew is lifted in the occupied valley.
\n\u201cThere are 900,000 troops there, they haven\u2019t come to, as Narendra Modi says \u2014 for the prosperity of Kashmir\u2026 These 900,000 troops, what are they going to do? When they come out? There will be a bloodbath,\u201d he said.
\nUnder the guise of \u2018Islamic terrorism\u2019 India is inflicting more cruelty on the people of Kashmir, said PM Imran.
\n\u201cThere is no other narrative left for India,\u201d said the PM, adding that there is another chance of a Pulwama-like incident to blame and \u2018bomb\u2019 Pakistan.
\n\u201cIndia must lift this inhuman curfew,\u201d said PM Imran, further saying that \u2018picked-up persons\u2019 from the valley should be released by India.
\nDue to these issues, eight million people under lockdown in the valley are likely to get radicalised, he said.
\n\u201cNow i must explain what RSS is. Modi is a life member (of RSS).
\n\u201cIt is an organisation inspired by Hitler and Mussolini. They believe in racial purity and superiority. They believe they are an Aryan race.
\n\u201cThey believe in ethnic cleansing of Muslims. They believe a golden age of Hindu rule was stopped by Muslims and then the British occupation.
\n\u201cWhat kind of people bring in 900,000 troops for eight million people. These are human beings,\u201d said Prime Minister Imran to applause from the audience.
\n\u201cWhat comes with Aryan superiority is arrogance and it makes people commit mistakes and do stupid cruel things like what Modi has done.
\n\u201cIt is arrogance that has blinded Modi. Has he thought about what will happen after the curfew in Kashmir is lifted?
\n\u201cWhat will he do? Does he think the people of Kashmir will quietly accept the status quo?\u201d
\n\u201cWhen we came into power, we swore that we would try to bring peace. We went to fight the war on terror and we faced losses of (thousands of people).
\n\u201cI opposed the war because in the 1980s we joined the struggle against the Soviets funded by western countries.
\n\u201cThe mujahideen were trained by the Pakistan Army and they waged the freedom struggle. The soviets called them terrorists and we called them freedom fighters.
\n\u201cIn 1989 soviets retreated; the Americans packed up and left. Here we had indoctrinated them in jihad against foreign occupation and now that th US had taken over, we were supposed to tell them it\u2019s no longer jihad.
\n\u201cAnd so the US turned against us and it was a nightmare.
\n\u201cTaliban were in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda was there; what did Pakistan have to do with it?
\n\u201cWhen we came to power we decided we would dismantle what was left. I know India keeps alleging that these groups are there.
\n\u201cI welcome UN observers, see for yourself.
\n\u201cWe now have a relationship with Afghanistan, Russia and then we wanted to mend fences with India.
\n\u201cI have friends in India and I love going to India. So when my party came to power, we reached out to India and (said) let\u2019s resolve differences through trade.
\n\u201cModi said there were terrorist attacks from Pakistan. We said well we have attacks in Balochistan from your end.
\n\u201cUnfortunately we didn\u2019t make any head way. Our foreign minister was at the UNGA but they cancelled the meeting.
\n\u201cMeanwhile a 20-year-old Kashmiri boy blew himself up at the Indian convoy. And India blamed us.
\n\u201cWe told him (Modi) if you have an iota of proof send it. They bombed us (instead), and we retaliated.
\n\u201cModi\u2019s entire campaign hinged on how he had killed ten trees of ours. He used words like \u2018this is just a trailer and the movie has yet to begun.\u2019
\nBesides Kashmir, PM Imran also spoke at length on climate change, Islamophobia and corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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