(Islamabad) Ahsan Iqbal, Secretary General PMLN has demanded from Imran Khan government answers to 12 questions on Kashmir Day;
1. Why IK had to tweet for Modi’s victory after Modi put annexation of Kashmir part of his election manifesto?
2. What proactive steps did IK government take after J&K BJP President announced on 27 May 2019 that BJP government is going for J&K annexation?
3. What did IK do after India moved 180,000 additional troops to the most militarised region J&K in the world?
4. Why govt failed to take notice of Indian National Security Advisor Mr Doval visit of J&K in July, 2019 to finalise preparations for annexation act and didn’t do anything?
5. What did Govt do after Indian authorities started evacuating all tourists form the valley in July 2019 which was a clear signal of things to come?
6. What did PM say to President Trump to sensitize him about Modi’s designs in J&K? Seems either he didn’t say anything, or made weak case or became part of some deal?
7. After 5 August Indian action, why our PM and Foreign Minister didn’t pursue any active & proactive diplomacy? Why PM didn’t visit a single friendly country to muster support while Indian PM was proactive and made several visits to solicit support of international community?
8. Why our Foreign Minister instead of visiting foreign capitals spent most of the time addressing media in the company of his mureeds in his home town? He should have visited capitals of all Security Council member states and leading OIC member states by now on single point of Kashmir.
9. Why Special Envoys were not sent to important capitals, particularly Security Council member countries, by IK government to put pressure for ending information black out and lifting of curfew in IOK?
10. Why special OIC Summit on Kashmir wasn’t requested and lobbied for despite National Assembly resolution on this issue?
11. Why was it necessary to fracture national unity within 24 hrs of Parliament’s passing a unanimous resolution on Kashmir in 2019 by arresting Maryam Nawaz when she was going to Mozafarabad for expressing solidarity with Kashmiris?
12. Why PTI government chose to turn National Assembly into a rumpus by introducing controversial legislation on the eve of Kashmir Day instead of having a show of unity in Parliament for Kashmir?
How can any patriotic Pakistani remain silent about this gross negligence if not a sell out. It is unfair to our conscience, Kashmiris and the country, we must speak. PTI government is guilty of either gross failure or sell out on Kashmir. The fact is Imran Khan has made Pakistan internally, economically and diplomatically so weak that Modi government was able to accomplish through illegal annexation of IOK what it couldn’t date to do in past 72 years.
