PM Imran Warns Modi, Indian Army Chief Against Warmongering
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday warned Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane against continuing the anti-Pakistan war rhetoric ramped up recently by India.
Delivering an impassioned speech in Mirpur where a Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed, the prime minister referred to recent comments by Modi where he had claimed the Indian forces “will not take more than seven to 10 days to make Pakistan bite the dust”.
“You need to brush up on your history. It seems your degree was fake,” said the prime minister. He said that leaders who had shown such pride had always been defeated in the past, giving examples of the failure of Hitler’s and Napolean’s forces to permeate Russia.
Earlier in January, the Indian army chief had said that the Indian army will move to claim Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) if it is given orders in this regard by the parliament.
His statement was dismissed by the Pakistan Army’s media wing as “routine rhetoric for domestic audiences to get out of ongoing internal turmoil”.
In his address today, the premier said that the plan by the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) party — said to be a parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — to bring Kashmiris to heel and to “instil fear in their hearts” has failed.
“The entire world now demands an end to this oppression”.
The premier said that whenever a leader bases his campaign on hatred against a group of people and when that card is used to gain votes, the election is won but then there is nothing but destruction waiting ahead.
“When he won the election, he decided to do in Kashmir what the RSS manifesto was. He thought he would imprison Kashmiris, but what happened?
“He thought he would end the issue of Kashmir altogether but the way the issue has been internationalised, there is talk of Kashmir where it was never before discussed,” said the prime minister.
He said the United Nations Security Council alone had debated the issue thrice already.
The premier expressed confidence that good times lie ahead for Kashmir and that Modi will not be able to carry on with his nefarious designs for much longer.
“The day the curfew is lifted, a sea of people will flow and there will be only one voice: Freedom!”
*Qureshi’s challenge to Modi*
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a fiery address challenged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to find even one Kashmiri who accepts his August 5 decision to scrap the region of its special autonomy.
“Narendra Modi, if you think yourself democratic, bring forward one legitimate Kashmiri in Srinagar who accepts your August 5 decision,” said Qureshi.
“These are self-respecting, honourable people. Do you think they will bend down on their knees in the face of your curfew, your oppression?” (Dawn Reports)
