Imran Khan’s War Threat over Kashmir

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again raked up the prospect of a war, including nuclear war, with India over New Delhi's "illegal annexation" of Kashmir.

In a recent interview, Imran has also tacitlyacknowledged that Pakistan could lose in a conventional war with India, and inthat case "there could be consequences".

To a question on his issuing a nuclear threatto India over Kashmir, Imran told the channel: "There is no confusion.What I said is that Pakistan will never start a nuclear war. I am a pacifist, Iam anti-war. I believe that wars do not solve problems. War has unintendedconsequences. Look at the war in Vietnam, Iraq, the wars caused other problems,probably much more serious than what it was originally fought for.

"But I am clear that when two nuclear-armed countries fight a conventional war, there is every possibility of it ending in a nuclear war. If I say Pakistan, God forbid, and in a conventional war, and we are losing, and if a country is stuck between two choices, either you surrender or fight to the death for your freedom. I know Pakistan will fight to the death for freedom when a nuclear-armed country fights to the death, there are consequences.

"That is why we have approached the UN, and are approaching every international forum, that they must act right now, as this (Kashmir) is a potential disaster that will go way beyond the Indian subcontinent.