US State Department unreservedly praised Pakistan’s Prime Minister's statement on 18 September 2019 that, “If someone from Pakistan goes to India and he thinks he will fight in Kashmir ... He will have acted as an enemy of the Kashmiris.” The Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Alice G Wells, tweeted enthusiastically on 19 September, “Applaud PM @ImranKhanPTI’s unambiguous & important statemen

On 13 September 2019, at a rally in Azad (Liberated) Kashmir, pouring water on the burning passion of the restless Muslims, Pakistan’s Prime Minister acted as if Modi had not already started flagrant war on the Islamic Ummah, by stating

As the armed forces of the Hindu State busied themselves, without interruption, in consolidating their occupation of Occupied Kashmir, Pakistan’s visionless regime called for standing in silence in response. Thus, Muslims of Occupied Kashmir suffered over three weeks of detention in their homes, without any access to food, medicines and communication facilities, whilst on 26 August 2019, Imran Khan declared, “every Pakistani to come out of their homes, offices, workplaces…

It was decided on 19 August 2019 to grant the current head of the world’s sixth largest army, General Bajwa an extension of three years in his post, with the Prime Minister stating that, “The decision has been taken in view of the regional security environment.”]