Bilawal Bhutto Slams Khawaja Asif over AJK Remarks
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said Asif’s comments hurt sentiments in AJK and could damage the Kashmir cause, while the minister later clarified his remarks on X.
- On Thursday, the Pakistan Peoples Party and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl criticized Defence Minister Khawaja Asif in the National Assembly for questioning the Kashmiri identity of residents in Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir .
- Asif's televised comments that Rawalakot residents were "not Kashmiris" sparked the dispute amid ongoing protests by the Joint Awami Action Committee against the reservation of 12 assembly seats for refugees.
- PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari warned that such remarks from a cabinet member inflame tensions in the sensitive region and questioned why the minister remains in his position without apologizing.
- Responding to criticism, PML-N Senator Rana Sanaullah defended the government's efforts to address 38 developmental demands from the JAAC, asserting authorities are working to resolve electricity and wheat subsidy issues in AJK.
- JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman condemned the rhetoric and urged political resolution through dialogue, warning that "violence should not be used on the basis of speeches by protesters.
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Defense Minister Khawaja Asif's statement regarding PoK, stating that these people cannot be "Kashmiris," has sparked an uproar in Pakistan's parliament. The PPP has stated that such a statement should not be made by a senior minister. Asif's statement comes in response to the ongoing protests in PoK.
‘Control your ministers’: Bilawal targets Shehbaz govt over Khawaja Asif’s PoK remarks
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has publicly criticised PM Shehbaz Sharif’s government over controversial remarks made by Khawaja Asif regarding PoK, highlighting growing tensions within the ruling coalition
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