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Imran Khan supports demilitarisation of Siachen
Backing the military move, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan supported demilitarisation of the Siachen glacier, but said there should not be any unilateral withdrawal by Pakistani troops.
Admitting that the military standoff on the glacier was costing both Pakistan and India a lot of resources, Khan said he favoured a simultaneous withdrawal of forces from the area, billed as the world’s highest battlefield.
“There should not be a unilateral withdrawal of forces,” the chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf party told reporters at Lahore on Sunday.
He acknowledged that the standoff on Siachen was causing huge losses to both countries and the glacier should be demilitarised.
Civil society groups in India and Pakistan have spoken of the need to demilitarise Siachen since an avalanche slammed into a high-altitude Pakistan Army camp on April 7, burying 138 people under dozens of feet of snow.
Backing the military move, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan supported demilitarisation of the Siachen glacier, but said there should not be any unilateral withdrawal by Pakistani troops.
Admitting that the military standoff on the glacier was costing both Pakistan and India a lot of resources, Khan said he favoured a simultaneous withdrawal of forces from the area, billed as the world’s highest battlefield.
“There should not be a unilateral withdrawal of forces,” the chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf party told reporters at Lahore on Sunday.
He acknowledged that the standoff on Siachen was causing huge losses to both countries and the glacier should be demilitarised.
Civil society groups in India and Pakistan have spoken of the need to demilitarise Siachen since an avalanche slammed into a high-altitude Pakistan Army camp on April 7, burying 138 people under dozens of feet of snow.
