Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan held the present leadership of both India and Pakistan responsible for not being able to resolve the Kashmir issue.
“The Kashmir issue can’t be solved unilaterally and I am hopeful that the present generation will change things,” the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief said here at the Kolkata Literary Meet of the Book Fair.
Khan suggested that leaders of both India and Pakistan should sit across the negotiation table to resolve the Kashmir issue.
“We are carrying a huge baggage of history. There is no leader who can take the risk for the future, neither in Pakistan nor in India.”
“The issue (Kashmir) needs to be resolved in a civilised way. The dividend of peace is enormous. Although it has not happened yet, I am hopeful that the issue will be resolved eventually,” he said.
Imran said, “It will happen because the new generation does not have any baggage of history. This is the time to lead and mould public opinion. The leaders should not follow public sentiments, but they should lead.”
Khan further said that people of both countries understand that friendship would benefit both of them.
“People of both Pakistan and India want friendship. But it is the leadership which creates problems. But I am hopeful the new generation in both the countries will change things,” he said.
Imran blames Indo-Pak leaders for Kashmir issue
