Pakistan PM Imran Khan fearmongers over Kashmir's domicile law at UNGA; India walks out

Continuing to fearmonger over India's UT of Jammu-Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan On Friday, repeated his claims about India's revocation of Article 370 and 35 A - terming m illegal, in his UN General Assembly (UNGA) dress. Repeating his claims on 'RSS' Hindutva', Khan commented on India's new domicile law for Kashmir - calling it a 'war crime'. As Khan began his speech, Indian delegate Mijito Vinito walked out of hall in New York. 

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Terming India as a country sponsoring 'Islamophobia', he claimed that India h regarded Muslims as 'propellers of COVID-19 virus' and alleged that y were denied medical attention. Commenting on Assam's NRC, he fearmongered that 2 million Muslims h been 'stripped off ir citizenship'. India's Permanent Representative to UN - Tirumurti has vowed a 'befitting right of reply' to Khan's 'litany of vicious falsehood'.

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"India has illegally occupied Kashmir against wishes of Kashmiris, destroying ir neighborhoods, followed by a total communications blackout. few Kashmiri media outlets that still dare to report ground situation, are being systematically harassed, and all of this is documented by several Human Rights Watch. A recent legislation has also been put in place to alter demographics of Kashmir, in an attempt to affect results of a plebiscite in Kashmir. This is a war crime under 4th Geneva Convention," said Khan.

He ded, "In attempts to divert attention from Kashmir, India is playing a dangerous game; it’s upping military ante against Pakistan in a nuclearized environment. Kashmir is a long-standing issue of South Asia and rightly called a nuclear flashpoint. UN must ensure a peaceful solution as per past UN resolutions is worked upon regarding Kashmir".

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Pakistan implemented 'smart lockdown': Khan

Apart from talking about India, Khan also briefly touched upon US-Afgan issue, Israel-Palestine's 'two-state solution', and lack of developed countries' efforts to curb money laundering. Talking about Pakistan's efforts in curbing COVID-19, he touted his country's heavily criticized 'smart lockdown' to protect his country's ecomy. He also appreciated G20 countries for International Monetary Fund's (IMF) disbursement of $1.386 billion to Pakistan under Rapid Financing Instrument to dress ecomic impact of Covid-19 shock.  

"COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated need for community. re could have been more people dying of hunger than virus, in developing countries like ours. We n opted a Smart Lockdown strategy which was heavily criticized but we successfully protected our society’s vulnerable sections and our ecomy. We appreciate G20’s debt relief for developing world and support from IMF, World Bank, and or bodies," he said.

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UNGA's virtual assembly

This year, for first time in UN’s 75-year history, Hes of State and Government will t be travelling to New York for General Assembly session due to COVID-19 pandemic. General Debate, that runs from September 22 to 29, will see 119 Hes of State and 54 Hes of Government speak via pre-recorded video statements for various summits and sessions that will be played in iconic General Assembly hall. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dress UNGA on Saturday at 6:30 PM.