SRINAGAR: Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi said that Kashmir belongs to the people of the Valley and not India or Pakistan. In his autobiography titled ‘Game Changer’, Afridi further asserted that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan must do more about Kashmir. “Kashmir belongs to the Kashmiris. Not to Indians. Not to Pakistanis. That debate comes later. But first and foremost, Kashmir is for the Kashmiri people themselves,” he said in the book, co-written with journalist Wajahat S Khan is published by HarperCollins India imprint Harper Sport.
“However, Imran Khan must do more about Kashmir. We have to resolve that issue. We have to save the Kashmiri people, and we must involve them in the peace process. Nobody in the Indian subcontinent has suffered or struggled more than Kashmiris,” he added. “So much resources go into guarding this territory. So much goes into policing the Line of Control. So many mouths can get fed, so many minds can be nourished, if India and Pakistan resolve the Kashmir issue through a Kashmiri-owned, Kashmiri-led peace process,” he opines.
Afridi also mentioned about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his book saying that India-Pak peace is a whole different argument and boils down to one man: Narendra Modi. He also claims that Khan is “relatively more flexible than Modi ji” and “he has already proven this”.