United Nations: Prime Minister Imran Khan in his UNGA speech has said that Pakistan will fight till the end if India imposed a war on its territory as he warned of far-reaching consequences in the event of an armed conflict between two nuclear states.
In his maiden speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Imran said, “When a war starts between nuclear-armed countries, there will be consequences…it’s not a threat but a fair worry.” He said there will be bloodbath once curfew is lifted in the occupied valley.
“There are 900,000 troops there, they haven’t come to, as Narendra Modi says — for the prosperity of Kashmir… These 900,000 troops, what are they going to do? When they come out? There will be a bloodbath,” he said. “Another Pulwama-like incident will take place once curfew is lifted and India will again blame Pakistan.”
Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) is under lockdown for over 50 days following New Delhi’s illegal move of revoking its special status on August 5.
The Indian government has deployed ten of thousands of additional troops in addition to already 800,000-strong contingent, imposed severe restrictions including curfew and communication blockade.
Thousands of people have been detained and political leaders are placed under house arrest.
“This is not a time to appease but a time to action… India must lift curfew, free all political prisoners, and the world community must give Kashmiris right to self-determination,” the premier said.
He rejected India’s claims of militant organisations operating in Pakistan.
“I invite UN to visit Pakistan see for themselves the steps we have taken to counter terrorism,” he said, adding that Pakistan reached out to India several times but to no avail.
“[Narendra Modi’s] hidden agenda came to fore on August 5, when New Delhi revoked special status of occupied Kashmir and locked 80 million Kashmiris in curfew.”
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He said Indian actions in IOK were pushing people to pick guns. “When you’re imprisoning 8 million people, you are forcing them to pick arms,” he said.
Besides Kashmir, PM Imran also spoke at length on climate change, Islamophobia and corruption in his UNGA speech.
INP
