It would be foolish to accept US arbitration on Kashmir: AJK PM

ISLAMABAD: AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan Wednesday said that it would be foolish for Pakistan to ask the US to arbitrate on the Kashmir issue with India.

“The government of Pakistan cannot take matters like this after India’s usurpation of occupied Kashmir on August 5,” said Haider.

He said that the upcoming elections in Azad Kashmir will be fought against the agenda of partition of Kashmir.

AJK premier, who was flanked by his cabinet members, and party members, announced to stay away from the scheduled briefing on national security on July 1 as a protest.

He said this while addressing a news conference here and asked who gave Prime Minister Imran Khan the power to change the map of Kashmir? “If they want to forget the past, forget it.

We will not forget,” he emphasised. He alleged that Imran and Modi are two sides of the same coin.

Farooq Haider of the PML-N alleged that Imran Khan has made the post of prime minister of Pakistan controversial and charged he (Imran) was carrying out naked aggression to win the election of Azad Kashmir.

He ruled out the possibility of any political dialogue with PM Imran, as he would only do tampering with the ball.

He said elections will be held in Azad Kashmir on July 25. Elections are being fought under the national agenda. He said Kashmir has an international agenda and Imran Khan and his government does not tolerate international pressure on Kashmir.

AJK premier said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had openly violated the UN resolutions and Imran-led PTI government had not been able to present the case of Kashmir effectively at the international level.

Imran Khan’s government, he claimed, wanted to change the map of the state and asked who was Imran Khan to do so? He also alleged that the state institutions were being made controversial.

To a question, AJK prime minister said, “We have full faith in the 220 million people of Pakistan and have no faith in the PTI government. Our fears have increased after the foreign minister’s statement. India is escalating atrocities in occupied Kashmir”.

“Millions of Kashmiris have made unprecedented sacrifices. Imran’s government is on the path of partition of Kashmir. In 1956, the National Conference had also passed a resolution for annexation with India, which was rejected by the United Nations,” he added.

He contended that the UN resolutions were violated by making Gilgit-Baltistan a province. The 2021 election is against the partition of Kashmir. He thanked PMLN Quaid Nawaz Sharif for giving him unprecedented development funds.

“I want to tell the people of Azad Kashmir that the system in Pakistan is not working. Imran Khan is providing money in Azad Kashmir elections. PM House is being used for Azad Kashmir elections.