Imran Khan misused international platform: Former diplomat

Former diplomat Achal Malhotra, in an interview with ETV Bharat, hit out at Pakistani PM Imran Khan for misusing the United Nations platform for spreading a fake narrative.

New Delhi:Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan did not shy away from raking up the Kashmir bogey and accusing the Modi administration of bloodbath in Kashmir, in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly at its74th session.

Lashing out at Imran Khan, the former envoy said, "Whatever the Pakistani PM talked about in his speech at UNGA was nowhere closer to the objectives of UN."

"Imran Khan was very belligerent. He appeared to support terrorism when he talked about Islamophobia," he added.

Malhotra described the 'Nuclear war' threat as the worst part of the Pakistani PM's speech.

Applauding PM Modi's speech which ended within the prescribed time limit of 15 minutes, Malhotra said that the PM spoke briefly, crisply but each and every issue he dwelt upon had a broad global dimension.

"Even when he talked about 'Swach Bharat' and other programmes which prima facie appeared to be domestic but in larger context, it actually linked to the sustainable development goals," the former envoy said.

"This was a statement coming from a leader whose status is now global and who thinks in terms of global issues," Malhotra hailed PM Modi.

The former envoy also appreciated the Indian First Secretary Vidisha Maitra for using the right to reply in a stunning manner.

"The lady raised some very valid questions to Imran Khan exposing Pakistan to the rest of the world," he said.