PM Khan has been an active speaker as of late with his recent meetings with Trump raising the Kashmir question again. Trump has shown it again of how he says different things to different people. He again reassured PM Khan of mediating between the two countries over the Kashmir issue but being the superpower that it is, it has failed to have any sort of impact on the lawlessness in Kashmir.
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Regarding the issue, PM Khan stated:
Whatever is happening in India is disastrous for people in India, especially those living in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. I’ve always believed that the only way forward is via peace settlements. We want to mend our fences with Iran; we had some border issues with them … and then with India. I have more friendships in India than anyone else. I thought I was well placed to talk peace between our two countries. The subcontinent hosts the highest number of poor people in the world. And we could talk to reduce poverty and increase trade. I tried to talk but hit a brick wall. We then shot down an Indian plane, but returned the captured pilot at the earliest possible to ease down the tension. This ideology of Hindutva … the RSS ideology is inspired by the Nazis who believed in racial superiority, and who believed in hatred against other religions.
I feel bad because it’s such a big country with huge populations of minorities, from Muslims to Christians to Dalits. They are trying to change the demographics of Kashmir which is against the Geneva conventions. My contention is that it is corruption due to which countries become poor and not lack of resources. We are trying to strengthen state institutions. We have tightened up laws on money laundering. This time, we have cut down the current account deficit by 70 per cent while imports are cut down and exports which were stagnant for five years are showing signs of improvement. The stock market and investments are also on the right track.
This is the first time that civil military relationships are on one page. In the past, it was not possible as intelligence agencies clearly knew that politicians were making money through corruption
