Islamabad sources stated that Prime Minister Imran Khan on his return from the US on Sunday said that those standing by Kashmiris were doing "jihad" and pakistan will support Kashmiris even if the world does not. Meanwhile Prime Minister Khan, who focused on the Kashmir issue in his maiden address to the UN General Assembly, told his party workers at the airport here that whether the world is with the Kashmiris or not, we are standing with them.
He said “It (standing by Kashmiris) is jihad. We are doing it because we want Allah to be happy with us, he said. It is a struggle and do not lose heart when the time is not good. Do not be disappointed as the Kashmiris are looking towards you”. Furthermore he said "Kashmiris would win if the Pakistani people stood by their side". Khan on Friday raised the Kashmir issue in his address to the UNGA and demanded that india must lift the "inhuman curfew" in Kashmir and release all "political prisoners".
Moreover India's decision evoked strong reactions from Pakistan, which downgraded diplomatic ties and expelled the Indian ambassador. Perhaps pakistan has been trying to internationalize the Kashmir issue after india withdrew the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, but New delhi has asserted the abrogation of Article 370 was its "internal matter".
