After 'Rapistan' row, J&K IAS Officer Shah Faesal backs Imran Khan. Here's what he said about Pakistan's Prime Minister-designate

Controversial J&K IAS officer Shah Faesal, who was most recently in news for protesting against Indian government taking action on his 'Rapistan' tweet, has resurfaced on Twitter to air his views on Indian media and its coverage of Pakistan's new apparent Prime Ministerial-designate Imran Khan.

Taking to microblogging network, Faesal has written:

On Imran Khan specifically, Faesal says, " neighbouring country has elected a new PM, he is talking about reconciliation, he is talking about change".

What Faesal acknowledge, however, is what Imran Khan said in same news briefing about India and Kashmir, which comprised of:

• "Unfortunately, biggest core issue between us is Kashmir" -- after making no mention of cross-border terrorism perpetrated from Pakistani soil in entire dress.

• "Any army going to a civilian area les to human rights abuse." -- his analysis of situation in Kashmir, where, apparently, it is mere presence of Indian Army that has caused strife, and not rampant infiltration of terrorists, terrorism funds, weapons and support from terror launchps across border.

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• "We should attempt to resolve this. If we continue blame-game and assume 'Pakistan does this' and what happens in Balochistan happens due to India, we won't get anywhere. Let's take first step." -- a continuation of rhetoric that India, which shares nothing resembling a border with Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, is somehow involved in creating a scenario re akin to what Pakistan has created in Valley.
• He did acknowledge one truth, however: "So far it's been a one-sided relationship: anywhere re's trouble, Pakistan is blamed."

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Talks over Kashmir is hardly a new proposal. India has maintained, however, that re would be no talks while re is terrorism from Pakistani soil.

Earlier in July, Faesal, a 2010-batch IAS officer who is only person from Jammu and Kashmir to have topped prestigious civil services examination, h tweeted official letter issued to him for following tweet where he referred to India as Rapistan:

Faesal h previously served as Managing Director of J&K State Power Development Corporation. He is currently on a study leave as a Fulbright scholar in US. His Twitter handle lists him as a Mason Fellow at Harvard University. 

Republic TV h issued a number of questions to Faesal on Twitter, specifically over wher he would call out U.S, which is his sponsor during his study leave, after it emerged that as per a 2012 report by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, rate of rape in U.S was stated as being 15 times higher than that of India. ditionally, a U.S-based NGO called RAINN confirmed that every 98 seconds a woman was sexually assaulted in U.S.

Faesal is yet to reply to Republic TV's questions.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi h written a letter to Shah Faesal offering his support, though unlike Omar Abdullah, who gave Faesal his open backing, Rahul Gandhi didn't make his support public.

Here's letter accessed by Republic TV:
 

central government h in 2016 banned officials from criticising government on social media. Under se rules, a statement of fact or an opinion which “has effect of an verse criticism” of any current or recent policy or action is treated as criticism. Faesal's tweet h been issued following country-wide outrage over horrific Kathua rape and murder and Unnao rape case