People have been worried all around the world with regards to what is happening to muslims in Kashmir and they sure needed assurances that there would be justice for the people there. Therefore, PM Khan addressed the nation on Monday in order to bring everyone in confidence and assure them that he would be taking every step necessary to stabilize Kashmir.
People have been curious about what stance is the Pakistani government planning to take on Indian atrocities in Kashmir. PM Khan was very straightforward in his address as he assured that they would not sit silent while Indians continue with their ill measures. He started his address off with the following:
When my government came into power, my first priority was to generate peace in the country. India and we share many problems; unemployment, inflation and climate change, etc.So we wanted to be friends with everyone […] From the start of our term, we made many overtures for dialogue [to India] but there were always some problems. They (India) would look for opportunities to accuse Pakistan of terrorism. First they had elections coming up, so we waited for that to be over, we thought when elections would be over, the situation will be different. Then Pulwama happened; a Kashmiri man blew himself up.India, instead of introspecting, pointed fingers at us. After the elections, we saw that they tried their best to bankrupt Pakistan and tried to have Pakistan ‘blacklisted’ at FATF (Financial Action Task Force).That is when we decided we should not hold any talks with them because we realised they had a different agendaThe message [India] gave on August 5 was that Hindustan belongs to Hindus only and all others are second-class citizensThey (RSS) believed that Hindus were supreme and there was a hatred for Muslims in their ideology. Their leaders followed racist and fascist ideologies.This was the ideology that assassinated Mahatma Gandhi after independence.We received information that they were planning a false-flag operation in Azad Kashmir like what they did in Balakot, to divert attention from occupied Kashmir.
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We won on the [diplomatic] front; we internationalised the Kashmir issue, talked to heads of states, their embassies [and] the UN Security Council called a session on Kashmir for the first time since 1965. We also kept raising this for the international media to report and they picked this up.
I will tell the world about this, I have shared this with heads of states that I have been in contact with. I will raise this issue in my speech at the UN General Assembly as well.
I read in the newspapers that people are disappointed that Muslim countries are not taking any actions [over Kashmir]. I want to tell you not to be disappointed; if some Muslim countries are not raising this issue because of their economic interests, they will eventually come on our side. They will have to, with time.
The western media has never criticised India as much as it is doing right now. I want to tell the Kashmiri people that whether the world stands with them or not, Pakistan will.They (India) have played their trump card, they don’t have any card to play now. Now whatever needs to be done will be done by us and the world.
This is the UN’s responsibility, they promised the people of Kashmir that they would give them the right to decide their future through a plebiscite.
PM Khan concluded with the following
In a nuclear war, no one will win. It will not only wreak havoc in this region, but the entire world will face consequences. It is now up to the international community.Whether the world joins us or not, Pakistan will go to any lengths and its people will support [Kashmiris] till their last breath
