kartarpur lahore on a day when prime minister narendra modi thanked pakistan pm imran khan for understanding and respecting the sentiments of indians by allowing the opening of the kartarpur corridor the latter again raised the kashmir issue while speaking at the corridors inauguration ceremony pakistan foreign minister shah mahmood qureshi also brought up kashmir and even the ayodhya judgment prompting a sharp response from new delhiqureshi suggested before indian journalists that the judgment was advanced on purpose by the indian government to coincide with the kartarpur opening his ministry followed it up with a statement that the ayodhya judgment had failed to uphold the demands of justice it also called upon india to ensure protection of lives and rights of muslimspakistan president arif alvi took to twitter to describe the sc judgment as an unfortunate verdict he further posted indian supreme court decides that a temple is to be built at ayodhyababri masjid site showing clearly it has consistently sided with the extreme policies of the bjp and reflects a hindutva ethos to the detriment of secular indiathe indian government swiftly rejected the unwarranted and gratuitous comments on a civil matter it said was completely internal to india it pertains to the rule of law and equal respect for all faiths concepts that are not part of their ethos so while pakistans lack of comprehension is not surprising their pathological compulsion to comment on our internal affairs with the obvious intent of spreading hatred is condemnable said the governmentspeaking at kartarpur imran khan appealed to modi to free bilateral ties of the kashmir issue by resolving itpakistan pm imran khan on saturday took a dig at his indian counterpart saying that leaders bring people together not spread hate to win votesafter what has happened there kashmir is no longer a territorial issue it is now an issue of insanity said khan adding that the plight of the people in kashmir was comparable with that of animalskhan said there could be no peace in the current circumstances when according to him 80 lakh people had been subjugated by a 9lakhstrong force this one issue has brought everything in bilateral ties to a halt it is important that the kashmir issue is resolved to help us live like normal people said khan calling upon modi to ensure insaaf justice for the kashmiri peoplerecalling his meeting with manmohan singh when the latter was pm khan said singh had told him everything would fall in place if the kashmir issue was resolved i said the same thing to modi when i met him and if hes listening i want to tell him that our relations should be freed of this issue it can lead to peace and open borders resulting in trade from which both countries will benefit said khanthe pakistan pm was addressing a gathering of thousands of pilgrims at the sprawling kartarpur sahib complex much of which has been built in a record time of 12 months indian government sources