Shehbaz warns Indian army chief from issuing provocative statements

ISLAMABAD: PML-N President and former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif warned the Indian army chief on Sunday against issuing provocation statements about Pakistan.

Shehbaz said that Kashmir would fall into Pakistan’s lap like East Germany united with West Germany. He said that the Berlin Wall had fallen without a single bullet being fired.

The former Punjab chief minister said that if the Indian army chief did not dissuade from issuing provocative statements against Pakistan, then our army will teach India a lesson it would never forget.

Shehbaz’s statements come at a time when Pakistanis and Kashmiris around the world are marking ‘Black Day’.

 Prime Minister Imran challenges Modi to hold referendum in occupied Kashmir

In a video message to the nation, the Prime Minister said that the people of occupied Kashmir had been treated unjustly. He said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the pretext of improving the economic conditions of occupied Kashmir, imposed a curfew there on August 5. 

"In the recent local elections in occupied Kashmir, all parties there boycotted the election," he said.

The prime minister said that it was important to give the message to the people of occupied Kashmir that Pakistanis stood with them.

"I told the American president and the British prime minister, among other world leaders, of the injustices that the Indian Army is committing against the people of occupied Kashmir," he said.

Prime Minister Imran said that more than 900,000 Indian Army troops in occupied Jammu and Kashmir were committing injustices in the disputed territory.

He urged the Indian prime minister to hold a referendum in occupied Kashmir. Prime Minister Imran said that Pakistan would continue to support the cause of Kashmir on every forum.

The prime minister urged people not to take up arms for the cause of Kashmir as that it what India wanted.

"India wants a Pulwama-like incident to take place after which they will blame Pakistan and attack us," he said. "India wants to deflect the world's attention from the injustices that are happening in occupied Kashmir."