AGENCIES / LAHORE
PAKISTAN Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that his country would not make the first move if war broke out with India.
Addressing the International Sikh Convention’s closing session here, Imran recalled the love he received in India when he travelled there for the first time to play cricket.
The PM reiterated that he had conveyed to India that if New Delhi took one step for progress with Pakistan, Islamabad would take two more. “We face climate change but both countries together can deal with climate change issues,” he noted.
“War solves nothing,” the PM stressed, adding: “Whoever tried to resolve conflicts through wars ended up with more problems than before.”
“No religion, including Hinduism, allows this kind of barbarity,” he said. The PM stressed further on how eight million people were locked up in Indian occupied Kashmir because of a curfew that has entered its 27th consecutive day.
Multiple visa policy for Sikh community
Separately, PM Imran announced that his government would issue multiple and on-arrival visas to the Sikh community and provide them with the maximum possible facilities during pilgrimages to their holy sites.
The prime minister assured the Sikh community that “you will be issued multiple visa… This is our responsibility. We will facilitate you rather will give you visa at airport.
“We will give you multiple visa to facilitate your journey to and from India,” the prime minister said. He added: “We will resolve challenges the Sikh community faces in obtaining visas.”