Qureshi says 'US needs to change its lenses number'.

WASHINGTON -- Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi on Saturday urged the United States to 'change its lenses number' through which it views India and take into account the systematic discrimination of religious minorities in India. He said that the Kashmir is not the internal matter of India, adding that chief of the United Nations has also negated the Indian claim. He said that we are worried about the demographic change in occupied Kashmir, adding that India is trying to change the majority into minority in IoK while repealing Article 35-A and we are talking about this. Qureshi said that he informed US Secretary of Stake Mike Pompeo that if India will try to carryout any false flag operation then Pakistan will have give timely and proper response. Qureshi said that he informed Mike Pompeo that we did not want to become part of any dispute and we have no such desire, adding that Prime Minister Imran Khan has given clear message in this regard that we could only become partners in peace.

While addressing a press conference along with Pakistani Ambassador in Washington Dr. Asad Majeed Khan at the at the Pakistani Embassy, the foreign minister invited diplomats from the United States to visit Pakistan and debunk India's claims about the treatment of minorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

Since August 5, 2019 - when India unliterally stripped occupied Kashmir of its special status by revoking Article 370 of its Constitution - New Delhi has continued to tighten restrictions in the region and has imposed a draconian communication blackout.

The foreign minister maintained that Muslims in the occupied region are not allowed to offer Friday prayers while minorities in Azad Kashmir face no religious or other restrictions.

He also elaborated on the opening of the Kartapur Corridor, which offers easy travel for Indian Sikh pilgrims visiting one of Sikhism's holiest sites.

'In Kashmir, Friday prayers are not allowed to be offered. Come to our side and look at their mandirs [Hindu temples]. Is there any hindrance? Is there any hindrance in people's homes? We opened Kartarpur, so Sikhs from all over the world can...