India behind stock exchange attack, NA told.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan has told the National Assembly that there is little doubt India masterminded and backed the attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Monday.

In his address on Tuesday evening, PM Khan said India wanted to destabilise Pakistan and create 'uncertainty' here.

Mr Khan in a letter to the UN secretary general drew his attention to the continued brutalisation of people in Occupied Kashmir.

He said his 'cabinet ministers knew about the threats and that the intelligence agencies were on high alert. Our agencies pre-empted at least four major attempts of terrorism and two of them were around Islamabad'.

The prime minister said foiling the attack on the Karachi bourse was a 'huge achievement', which happened because of intelligence agencies. 'We were fully prepared ... this was a huge win for us,' said Mr Khan while praising the intelligence agencies.

PM asks UN to stop New Delhi's attempts to alter occupied Kashmir demography

Earlier in a tweet, Mr Khan said he had approached United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to stop India from altering the occupied Jammu and Kashmir's demography and said the issuance of Kashmir domiciles to Indian nationals was 'unacceptable'. He tweeted: 'I have approached UN secretary general and am reaching out to other world leaders. India must be stopped from this unacceptable path that further usurps the legal and internationally guaranteed rights of the Kashmiri people and seriously imperils peace and security in South Asia.'

In another tweet, Mr Khan said Indian attempts to 'alter IOJK's demographic structure including by issuance of domicile certificates to 25,000 Indian nationals are all illegal, in violation of UNSC resolutions and international law, including 4h Geneva Convention.'

In April, India had promulgated a new law that relaxed domicile rules for the Valley and eligibility criteria for employment in the region. The order titled Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (adaptation of state laws) Order 2020, and subsequently-issued Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate...