Kashmir only issue in way of better ties between India and Pakistan: PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said the Kashmir is the only issue in the way of better ties between India and Pakistan, adding India will have to take the first step, in the form of improving conditions in Kashmir for improving bilateral relations and reverse the August 5 decision of stripping  Jammu & Kashmir of its special status

Mar 18, 2021
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said the Kashmir is the only issue in the way of better ties between India and Pakistan, adding India will have to take the first step, in the form of improving conditions in Kashmir for improving bilateral relations and reverse the August 5 decision of stripping  Jammu & Kashmir of its special status. 

Khan’s comment came while he was speaking at the Islamabad Security Dialogue on Wednesday. 

“There is one issue that is stopping us [from improving relations] at this time. We will make our efforts but India must take the first step because after August 5, till they take the first step, then, unfortunately, we cannot move forward,” he said. 

He further said the relationship between the two nations broke down completely after the decision of the 5 August in 2019 by India. However, the ties had already soured after Pakistani terrorists attacked an Indian Army base in Uri, Kashmir in 2016. 

Khan said after he became prime minister in 2018, he made several attempts for improving ties. Things changed once India scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.  

“Unfortunately, there was August 5 and that was a big blow and there was a total breakdown between the two countries,” he said.

He further added, “We still hope that they (India) give the Kashmiris the rights they were given by the UN Security Council to decide their own lives. It will be as beneficial for India as for Pakistan.”

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