NEW DELHI: In a video clip circulating on social media, Pakistan opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari can be seen launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Imran Khan for his government's "failed" strategy on Kashmir.

In the clip, the PPP leader says that if earlier Islamabad's policy was about taking Srinagar, now, under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, it has been forced to device ways to defend Muzaffarabad (capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir).

"Earlier, what used to be our policy on Kashmir? Earlier, Pakistan's policy on Kashmir was that how will we take Srinagar. Now, under the government of Imran Khan, we have been forced to think how will we save Muzaffarabad," Bhutto said.

Bilawal said Prime Minister Khan knew that scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir's special status was in BJP's election manifesto, but he did not take any action on this earlier.

"This is a strategic blunder. The government does not have any excuse," he told reporters outside the Adiala Jail, where his father and former president Asif Ali Zardari is lodged in connection with a corruption case.

"When it comes to Opposition, Khan projects himself as lion, but in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi he is timid and becomes scaredy-cat," he added.

He said no other Pakistani government has failed so badly as the Khan government has.

Earlier this month, defence minister Rajnath Singh had said if talks were held with Pakistan in future, they would be only on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

"Why should there be talks? On what issues there would be talks? Talks with Pakistan would begin only after it stops patronising terrorism. If talks begin, it would now only be on the PoK and no other issue," Rajnath Singh said.

The opposition parties in Pakistan have accused the Imran Khan-led federal government of 'selling out' Kashmir under an international conspiracy.

According to Dawn, an English daily in Pakistan, leaders from different political parties came together earlier this month to denounce the government's stand on Kashmir after India revoked its special status on August 5.

"The present situation gives rise to fears that it might have been decided in Prime Minister Imran Khan's meeting with US President Donald Trump last month that Pakistan will keep silent if India decides to change the fate of Kashmir," one of the opposition leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman said.

Rehman said the people of Pakistan and Kashmir are the victims of an international conspiracy and the government is a part of it.

India revoked Article 370 and 35 A of the Constitution, which gave special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir and split it into two union territories on August 5.



In Video: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari attacks PM Imran Khan , says 'Pakistan has been forced to defend Muzaffarabad'