KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Monday said slain Burhan Wani was a “freedom fighter and pride of Kashmir”.
“India was ‘sadly mistaken’ to equate freedom fighters with terrorists,” Shair said vowing Pakistan’s continued support to Kashmir cause, Radio Pakistan reported.
“I am committed to the Kashmir cause. No power in the world can stop us from supporting the freedom struggle of Kashmiris,” he said chairing a meeting of PML-N’s Central Working Committee held in Islamabad.
The Prime Minister stressed that Burhan Wani, the Kashmiri “youth martyred by Indian security forces, was a freedom fighter and the pride of Kashmiris”.
“No one can deprive him [Wani] of that pride,” he said.
The Prime Minister recalled that since assumption of power in 2013, the government had been facing several challenges, however, was overcoming these satisfactorily.
He said terrorist activities were reduced significantly and economy had been strengthened.
About the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the Prime Minister said the 46 billion project of infrastructure development would benefit Balochistan the most.
