'World Sides With India on Kashmir Issue', Says Pakistan Minister

Ijaz Ahmed Shah, interior minister, also said that the country is determined to 'control all jihadis' under the National Action Plan.

Sajjad Hussain

Ijaz Ahmed Shah, interior minister, also said that the country is determined to 'control all jihadis' under the National Action Plan.

world sides with india on kashmir issue says pakistan minister

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Photo: PTI

Islamabad: In an embarrassment for the Imran Khan government, his interior minister Brigadier (retd.) Ijaz Ahmed Shah admitted that Pakistan failed to garner support from the international community on the Kashmir issue, saying despite Islamabad's efforts the world "rather believes India".

In an interview with Hum News channel on Thursday, Shah said Pakistan's ruling elite have destroyed the nation."We say that they (India) clamped curfew, that there is no medicine, but people (world) don't believe us, and rather believe India," he said in response to a question on the situation in Kashmir.

Shah's remarks came after PM Khan claimed that 58 countries had supported Pakistan over its stand on the Kashmir issue.

Khan, in his August 26 address to the nation, said that he will raise the Kashmir issue at every international forum, including at the UN General Assembly.

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Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after India abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution and ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, evoking strong reactions from Pakistan. India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Article 370 was an internal matter and also advised Pakistan to accept the reality.

Shah also said Pakistan had spent millions on proscribed groups like Jamat ud Dawah (JuD) and should bring them into the mainstream. "We have spent millions of rupees on JuD. We need to demotivate the members of the proscribed organisation and bring them into the mainstream," he said.

Shah, who is considered as a powerful minister and is both close to PM and the establishment, said the action has already started against such groups. Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned JuD Hafiz Say

eed is facing cases in the courts as part of the government's decision to "control all jihadis" under the National Action Plan, he added.

(PTI)

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