"The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) would have held a plebiscite in Kashmir till now if it really wanted to solve the issue. We must stand with the people of the occupied valley and I will visit Kashmir once again after Muharram," Pakistan media quoted Sheikh Rashid Ahmed as saying. Rashid threatened of war while addressing the media in Rawalpindi and said that the time has come for final freedom struggle of Kashmir.
The Pakistani leader also called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a barbarian and fascist and held him responsible for Kashmir's destruction. He went on to claim that Pakistan is the "only obstacle" before PM Modi. “Kashmir is on the brink of destruction due to barbarian and fascist Narendra Modi, and Pakistan is the only obstacle in front of him. Why is the rest of the Muslim world silent over the issue?" he said.
“Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had assessed the anti-Muslim mindset in India beforehand. Those who still think about the possibility of dialogue with India are fools," the Pakistan minister has said. Further in his speech, Rashid also said that Pakistan PM will take the issue to the UN General Assembly again in September. Rashid said Pakistan is glad to have a friend like China backing it.
"Imran Khan's speech at the United Nations on September 27 holds vital significance. We are lucky to have a friend like China standing with us," the Paksitani media quoted the minister as saying. Rashid also dismissed the possibility of talks between India and Pakistan.
Rashid's empty threats came days after Imran Khan threatened nuclear war during an address to his nation. While addressing Pakistan on the Kashmir situation, Khan said that Pakistan will go to any extent on the issue. Pakistan is once again mulling a complete ban on the use of the country's airspace by Indian flights.
Pakistan's Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said the decisions to close the airspace with India and to ban the use of Pakistan's land routes for India's trade with Afghanistan were taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister.
Khan's address to the nation came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France on Monday, categorically rejected any scope for third party mediation between India and Pakistan on Kashmir.