Raised Kashmir issue on Indian soil, says Bilawal

Karachi: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) of India wanted to declare all Muslims “terrorists”, regretting that hatred against them exceeded all bounds in the neighboring country.

The Foreign Minister regretted that the Indian disregarded United Nations National Security’s resolution on Kashmir.

However, he said that he raised the issue of Kashmir on the Indian soil during his visit. Bilawal said that he held meetings with the foreign ministers of other countries—the members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) except India.

He categorically said that there would be no fruit of engaging India for bilateral talks until the withdrawal of the illegal act of the Indian government regarding the status of Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

“I left footprint by visiting India through the multi-lateral visit,” said the foreign minister, adding that his visit to India was successful in terms of representing Pakistan’s point of view in the neighboring country where the fake propaganda was being spread out about Pakistan and the Muslims.

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Bilawal said he did not make any request to meet with Indian External Affairs Minister or Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi despite that he held bilateral meetings with other countries’ foreign ministers during the sideline meetings of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

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“I tried to interact with the local Indian media so that the Indian public could also hear our view point instead of just hearing the local one-sided fake propaganda,” said Foreign Minister while addressing a press conference after his visit to India to attend SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Friday.

“His criticism is based on a background and that background is that a fake propaganda is being spread inside India. I visited there to break their fake propaganda,” said the foreign minister. He said that there was a wrong propaganda against Muslims.

He regretted that there was no representation of the Indian Muslims in the Indian government.

Bilawal said that the Indians got angry just because they knew that Pakistani leaders always tried to break their fake propaganda.

Responding to another question about his visit to India despite that BJP had announced bounty of his head, Bilawal said, “ Head bounty by a party in India was regretful and the reason is quite clear as there is a huge difference between today’s and the old India. But I went there to represent Pakistan on the Indian soul”.