Imran Khan Calls For Restoration Of Article 370
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(This News Article Is Originally Posted onย The Hindu by The Hindu Team)
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday called upon India to restore Article 370 in Kashmir. He said Kashmiris should be free to decide their own future.
Addressing a rally at Kotli to observe โKashmir Solidarity Dayโ, the Pakistan Prime Minister said he would raise his voice for Kashmirโs aspirations.
โToday, I say to you again. Come resolve this Kashmir dispute with us. And for that, the first thing you must do is to restore Article 370. And then speak to us and then as per the UN Resolution, give the Kashmiris their due right,โ he said.
Mr. Khanโs comment was part of a set of official remarks from Pakistanโs top leaders, who make similar comments every year on โKashmir Solidarity Dayโ.
โWe are ready to speak to you again. But I say this again. Do not mistake our hand of friendship for weakness. Pakistan belongs to those who bow to no one but God,โ said Mr Khan, who was followed by President Arif Alvi, who said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was the โkey to durable peace in South Asiaโ.
Dr. Alvi said, โWe will continue to extend all-out support to the Kashmiris till the realisation of their unalienable right to self-determination.โ
The comments came just days after Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed the desire for a โdignifiedโ resolution to the Kashmir issue.
The Ministry of External Affairs had said in response that the โonusโ for creating โnormal neighbourly relationsโ was on Pakistan.