Talking to the media, he said that Indian Prime Minister was facing internal differences on special status issue. He said that 100,000 Kashmiris had laid down their lives for the cause of independence, adding that Indian forces had so far lifted up to 1.3 million youth from Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) whose whereabouts were unknown.

Kashmir is the future of Pakistan, and the hearts of Pakistanis and Kashmiris people throb together, chairman Kashmir Committee said and quoted Quaid-i- Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as saying that Pakistan was incomplete without Kashmir.

Syed Fakhar Imam said that Kashmir was Pakistan's jugular vein, adding that PTI leadership raised the issue at every fora of the world.

The Parliament of France also discussed the Kashmir issue, he said, adding that US congressmen posed hard question to US Assistant Secretary of State, Alice Wells on the issue. "It is a disputed territory for the last 72 years," Chairman Kashmir committee noted.

The government and opposition were on the same page on Kashmir issue, he said and added that Parliament adopted resolution unanimously on Kashmir issue.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2019