IMRAN ASKS PAKISTANIS TO NOT GO TO J&K TO FIGHT JIHAD

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan warned Pakistanis on Wednesday not to go to Kashmir to fight jihad, saying it will hurt the cause of the Kashmiris.

“If anyone from Pakistan goes to India to fight jihad...he will be the first to do an injustice to Kashmiris, he will be the enemy of Kashmiris,” Khan told the media after inaugurating the Torkham Terminal at Pak-Afghan border.

Khan claimed that India needed just “an excuse to launch crackdown on the besieged people of Kashmir.” He has repeatedly claimed that India could launch a “false flag” operation to divert attention from Kashmir.

Khan’s statement to discourage jihadi activities in Kashmir came ahead of his crucial visit to US where he would address the UN General Assembly and meet US President Donald Trump.

He said he will “forcefully present the Kashmir issue like never before” at the UN General Assembly session next week.

Khan also ruled out talks with India unless New Delhi lifts curfew in Kashmir and revoke the abrogation of Article 370.

A planned march by some political and religious parties towards the Line of Control with India was postponed early this week after Khan asked them to postpone it till his address at the UN General Assembly on September 27. Tension between India and Pakistan escalated after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on August 5. Reacting to India’s move on Kashmir, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with

New Delhi.

India has strongly asserted that Kashmir issue are an internal matter.