Pakistani Daily Taunts PM Sharif Over Statement to Possess Kashmir

Pakistan is waiting for the day Kashmir becomes its part, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif said on Friday.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters. (Photo: Reuters)

A Pakistani daily on Sunday described Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s rhetoric about accession of Kashmir to Pakistan as “wishful thinking”. It added that such statements invite “more trouble” for the country and for the Kashmiri people.

It has become a norm for politicians to make unrealistic claims and repeat popular phrases for getting votes...Talking about Kashmir’s accession with Pakistan is easy but nobody knows how it will happen.

The Daily Times

The editorial further noted:

Pakistan’s official stance on Kashmir is that it extends all-out moral support to Kashmiris’ struggle for freedom, and will continue to raise its voice for their right to self- determination at every platform. This stance is commendable but making statements about the accession of Kashmir without any clear policy seems inappropriate.

Sharif’s rhetoric on Kashmir

Pakistan is waiting for the day Kashmir becomes its part, Sharif had said on Friday, after his party Pakistan Muslim League-N swept PoK’s legislative assembly elections.

In his first public address following his return from London after an open-heart surgery in May, Sharif urged his fellow countrymen “not to forget those in Kashmir who are sacrificing their lives for their movement for freedom”.

Their movement for freedom cannot be stopped and it will be successful. You are aware of how they are being beaten and killed. All our prayers are with them and we are waiting for the day Kashmir becomes (part of) Pakistan.