Trump Plays On Both Sides, Is ‘Deceiving' Both India And Pakistan On Kashmir: Pak Minister

He also asserted that the Kashmir issue would be resolved during the tenures of Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Pakistan's Federal Minister of Railways, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad/ Image: Twitter

New Delhi: A day after issuing war threat to India, Pakistan’s Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday alleged that US President Donald Trump is “deceiving” both India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. He also asserted that the  Kashmir issue would be resolved during the tenures of Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. "A group is making propaganda that whatever happened in Kashmir is part of a master plan. Let me tell you Trump plays on both sides. He is deceiving both India and Pakistan," said the minister, who is known for making outlandish remarks. During his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Khan at the White House on July 22, President Trump had offered to be the "mediator" between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. In an apparent backtracking from his comments after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France, Trump on Monday said he feels that both India and Pakistan can resolve the Kashmir problem on their own. Ahmed on Wednesday said that a full-blown war between India and Pakistan is on the cards for the months of October and November. He emphatically also declared that the imminent war with India "will be the last". "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.