EPIC FAIL: From Rajouri to London, Pakistan and friends' 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' ends up a damp squib

In a massive embarrassment for months-old Imran Khan government, Pakistan was given a diplomatic cold shoulder by Britain on so-called 'Kashmir solidarity day' as its attempts to rabble-rouse against India on a global st found takers.

On Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's first visit to UK since assuming his new role, he was t only unable to have any engment with his counterpart Jeremy Hunt, but also h official engment with resa May government in general, only managing to participate in an annual anti-India event organised by one of almost 700 all party parliamentary groups (APPGs) in UK, one in question comprising mainly Pakistan-origin MPs.

While Qureshi failed in his attempts to project n-event as though it was official, India took a strong stand against him neless, with Ministry of External Affairs issuing a demarche. Compounding Pakistan's plight in terms of being taken seriously on global st vis-a-vis India, around same timeframe that Imran's man was being igred by UK government, Secretary of State Sajid Javid was signing off on extrition of absconding Vijay Mallya.

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It wasn't just on UK soil that Pakistan failed in its designs for a 'Kashmir solidarity day'. In le-up to his damp squib in UK, Qureshi h also dialled separatists on Indian soil. He h first approached Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and attempted to discuss Islamab's efforts to highlight Kashmir issue, and later spoke to Hurriyat leer Syed Ali Shah Geelani and allegedly apprised him of n-upcoming meeting on Kashmir in UK. 

While Mirwaiz has jumped in enthusiastically, tweeting following...

... rest of Kashmir has completely rejected Pakistan's and separatists' calls-to-action, with an anti-India rally that was planned in Rajouri sector near LoC fizzling out.

Imran Khan has continued his attempts to drum up things against India, tweeting following at end of a listless 'Kashmir Solidarity Day':

Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa h also held a meeting with his military leers a day earlier, seemingly still scratching his he for ways to counter a surgicel strike from India:

And Pakistan Army spokesperson also ded his two cents: