Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan | Photo Credit: IANS

Key Highlights Maleeha Lodhi has been replaced as PM Imran Khan is not happy with the outcome of his UNGA visit, claim reports PM Imran Khan tried to raise the Kashmir issue at UNGA but was snubbed by the international community

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday replaced country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, with Munir Akram. This has come two days after PM Imran Khan returned to Islamabad wrapping up his US visit, where he addressed the global audience at United Nations General Assembly.

If reports are to be believed then, Lodhi has been replaced as PM Imran Khan is not happy with the outcome of his visit where he tried to internationalise the Kashmir issue. Khan's address to the global audience was replete with rhetoric, focusing on Kashmir alone. Khan said that when curfew from Kashmir will be lifted, there will be a "bloodbath".

However, much like what happened at the United Nations Security Council where Pakistan, through China, tried to raise the issue at a global forum but failed to get the support, PM Imran Khan again was snubbed by the international community.

Even before his address, PM Imran Khan admitted his failure to get world's support on Kashmir. "(I am) Disappointed by the international community...There's no pressure yet on Modi," Khan told a press conference on September 25, adding, "We'll keep putting the pressure."

Notably, Munir Akram, Pakistan's new UN envoy is being sent back for a second stint at the UNGA after almost 15 years. Akram was recalled after he was embroiled in a domestic violence case after which Washington had asked Islamabad to withdraw his diplomatic immunity, seeking to prosecute him. His case was reportedly settled out of court.