Imran Khan admits to IAF airstrikes in Balakot, says India planning something bigger in PoK

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan turned an address to celebrate his country’s Independence Day to launch sharp attacks on India for stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its special status under the Indian constitution and enacting a law to convert the state into two union territories to be governed by the central government.

Khan also accused India of planning military action in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. “The Pakistani army has solid information that they are planning to do something in Pakistani Kashmir, and they are ready and will give a solid response,” Khan said during a televised speech in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to news agency AFP.

The Pakistan Prime Minister, who also referenced his offer to take two steps for every step forward taken by India to strengthen relations between the two neighbours, claimed that India wanted to carry out an operation in PoK “to divert the world’s attention over what they are doing under curfew in Kashmir”.