India will 'disintegrate' when Kashmir is free, says Pakistan
Khawaja Muhammad Asif said that Pakistan will continue to extend moral support to the people of Kashmir.
Islamabad
: Pakistan's defence minister on Wednesday said India will -"disintegrate-" when Kashmir gains independence, in a sign of mounting tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
Khawaja Muhammad Asif said that Pakistan will continue to extend moral support to the people of Kashmir.
-"When the freedom movement in Kashmir succeeds, it will be beginning of the end of India,-" he said. Asif said the sacrifices of Kashmiri people will not be in vain and that
-"India will disintegrate and it will not remain united-" when Kashmir gains independence.
He said Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has tried to improve ties with India, but -"we did not get a positive response from them.-"
Sharif attended a high-level security meeting today in which he expressed concern over human rights violations in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
India blamed Pakistan-based militants for a recent attack on an army base in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir that killed 18 Indian soldiers. Since then, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he will work to isolate Pakistan internationally.