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\nNEW YORK
\nThe world needed to understand the gravity of the human rights situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir and pressure India to lift the military curfew in the valley, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said in an interview.
\nPM Imran talked at length about the issues discussed in his address to the United Nations on Friday.
\nHighlighting the situation of occupied Kashmir, the premier said that the enormity of the situation could be gauged from the presence of nine hundred thousand Indian troops in the occupied territory.
\nRuling out a meeting with his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PM Imran noted that besieging Kashmiris for over fifty days was a testament to the hateful mindset of the Indian leader.
\nPM Imran added that Modi represented the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), that was established in 1925 after being inspired by Hitler and Nazism.
\n\u201cRSS believes in ethnic cleansing of Muslims in India. This ideology of racial superiority is also responsible for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, who was considered soft on Muslims\u201d PM Imran said, referencing the slain Indian independence leader.
\nResponding to a question about the role US could play to ease tensions in South Asia, PM Imran said that President Donald Trump headed the most powerful country in the world, and was in the best position to do something about the issue of Kashmir.
\n\u201cModi does not want international mediation as he knows the moment this issue becomes internationalized, the world will understand that Kashmiris are fighting for the right to self-determination and are subject to the worst human rights abuses by Indian forces,\u201d he maintained.
\nThe prime minister urged the international community to move on this issue as it was a flashpoint between two nuclear-armed countries. \u201cIf it was something localized, the world would not have been pushed about it,\u201d he stressed.
\nIn response to a question regarding Iran-US tensions, PM Imran said Pakistan does not want conflict near its borders. Conflict in the Persian Gulf could lead to an increase in global oil prices and a host of other issues, he noted.
\n\u201cTo be fair with President Trump, all his instincts are against war. I also spoke to President Rouhani of Iran and let\u2019s see where the situation leads,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DNA NEW YORK The world needed to understand the gravity of the human rights situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir and pressure India to lift the military curfew in the valley, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said in an interview. PM Imran talked at length about the issues discussed in his address to the United Nations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n