New Delhi: What could be termed as a major embarrassment for Pakistan, its lawyer in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Kulbhushan Jadhav case said during a discussion on a news channel in Lahore that for the world Jammu and Kashmir is an inalienable part of India and so his country will find very little international support on the issue.
The Pakistani Lawyer Khawar Qureshi left his country red faced, when he made an open admission during a programme on 92 News channel that there is no significant evidence with Pakistan for its claims of genocide in Kashmir.
Qureshi has said, “in absence of these evidences, it is extremely difficult for Pakistan to take this case to the ICJ”.
Earlier, Pakistan threatened to take India to the ICJ over the issue of Kashmir.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan tried his best to internationalise the issue by ringing the heads of states of different countries, including the United States. He spoke to President Donald Trump after which Trump offered to mediate in the matter. But with India making it clear that Kashmir is a bilateral issue, the US agreed with India’s stand.
Imran Khan said he will raise the Kashmir issue at every international forum, including the United Nations General Assembly. But now his own lawyer at the ICJ has accepted that they don’t have evidence to back up their claim.
India has downplayed the Pakistani rhetoric and pointed out that it was well within its rights to take any decision on Jammu and Kashmir as the Union Territory was just like any other part of the country.