Kashmir Issue: ‘India imposing war on Pakistan’

“India has never accepted Kashmiris as their citizens,”says Acting President Shah Ghulam Qadir

MUZAFFARABAD: India is imposing war on Pakistan. This was stated by Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Acting President Shah Ghulam Qadir, on Friday, while addressing a five-member delegation of German journalist. “Pakistani and Kashmiris’ are peace loving people. However, if India imposes war on us, we are prepared to defend our country.” Qadri added that unlike the era of Vajpayee anything was possible as Modi is the prime minister of India now. On the occasion, Qadir, reiterated Pakistan’s resolve to give right of self-determination to the people of Kashmir. “India has never accepted Kashmiris as their citizens,” he said. “We are still denied hotel rooms in main cities of India. This shows how Indians treat Kashmiris.” Qadri urged the German journalists to write on Kashmir dispute and expose New Delhi’s human rights violation in Kashmir.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 24^th, 2016.