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At 'solidarity rally' in PoK's Muzaffarabad, Imran Khan incites violence against India

After failing diplomatically on all forums against India, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday appeared to incite violence, saying that the people of Kashmir would move towards extremism to fight against the alleged human rights violation in the region.

Addressing a rally in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK)'s Muzaffarabad, Khan said, "I want to tell India that extremism would rise in Kashmir. People would fight against the atrocities and human rights violations because they have understood that death is better than a disdainful life." 

"The people of Kashmir would stand up against these atrocities once the curfew is lifted," the Pak PM was quoted as saying by ANI. 

Khan said the Indian government will not succeed in Kashmir because the people there have overcome the fear of death. "Whenever people are marginalised, they get radicalised and move towards extremism," he said.

He said that another Balakot-like incident would incite a tit-for-tat response from Pakistan in the future.

Before the Pak Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi also addressed the gathering in Muzaffarabad. The Prime Minister of PoK, Raja Farooq Haider, also spoke at the rally, which is said to be a part of the "solidarity campaign" launched by Pakistan for Kashmiris following the abrogation of Article 370. 

The Pakistani leaders said they had gathered to show Pakistan's resolve to stand with Kashmiris. 

Addressing the gathering, Khan said, ''1.2 billion Muslims are looking at Kashmir. They will be pushed towards extremism as well. Islam means peace, we are peaceful people. But when you see that your people are being mistreated and the world is quiet, you react.''

"India blamed Pakistan when a Kashmiri youth blew himself up because they did not want to tell the world that it was because of the Indian government's brutality that Kashmiris were turning towards extremism. They blamed us and sent in their jet. Our airforce then brought down their jets and captured their pilot. We returned him because we wanted to solve issues through dialogue. They (India) said that we returned him because we got afraid. Believers do not fear death, we did not return the pilot because we are scared of you," he was quoted as saying by Dawn.com. 

Similar remarks were made by Khan in a previous rally in Muzaffarabad where he said that another Pulwama-type incident could happen in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370.

This comes after Pakistan failed attempt to internationalise Kashmir at different forums including the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the United Nations Human rights Council (UN HRC). 

Earlier in the week, Pakistan and India clashed at UN HRC were Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi called New Delhi's decision to revoke special status of Jammu and Kashmir "illegal."

The Indian delegation led by Secretary east Vijay Thakur Singh called the decision as a sovereign one taken by the Indian parliament and slammed Islamabad for interfering in India's internal matter. India has also highlighted the plight of minorities in the Islamic country.

Both Indian Prime Minister Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan will be heading to New York by the end of the month for the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. Both will be speaking on September 27. This will be the second time PM Modi will be addressing UNGA since 2014.

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