'Azadi March' aimed at diverting attention from Kashmir issue: minister

Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan ha said that JUI-F led Azadi March is aimed at diverting attention from the Kashmir issue.

Addressing a press conference on Friday, Khan said that JUI-F led march will benefit India as at a time when Kashmiri people observe October 27 as black day, Maulana Fazlur Rehman is planning march towards Islamabad.

He said that Rehman wanted to divert attention of national and international media from Indian's brutalities in Kashmir and their aggression across the Line of Control (LOC).

"Kashmir issue is being highlighted on national and global media due to the efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who internationalized the issue but this march has put it on back burner in the media," Sarwar Khan.

He said the prime minister had visited several countries and met their heads of state to fight Kashmiris' case in befitting manner but it seemed that the JUI-F chief is deliberately inflicting harm to Kashmir cause.

In fact JUI-F should have plannes march towards LOC instead of federal capital.

He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has allowed peaceful protest as it is a fundamental right. However, the state will not allow any person to cause damage to properties and endager the life of common man.

Speaking about health condition of Nawaz Sharif, Sarwar Khan said that the government did not politicize health condition of Nawaz Sharif.

He welcomed the bail granting order of the Lahore High Court for ex-PM Sharif on medical grounds.

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