The incumbent government often sees a moment of embarrassment, not by any opposition attack, but from the bombshell statements of its own ministers and party leaders. A few weeks back, the candid comments of Minister Fawad Chaudhry, laced with scathing criticism on the main party leadership of the PTI for failing the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, shook the national media scene as well as the federal cabinet. Now, Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has aimed her guns at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for “letting down the Kashmiris and (Prime Minister) Imran Khan by not taking his nuanced narrative forward and merely resorting to traditional diplomacy”. At a seminar on Kashmir, the minister said the FO could not take up the Kashmir case effectively at international levels in the post-August 5 scenario when the Indian government abrogated its constitutional terms revoking India-held Kashmir’s autonomy and statehood. Without offering any viable ideas and strategies, the minister alleged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was practicing outdated diplomatic tools ‘obsolete and unidimensional approach in their Kashmir plans which neither worked in the past, nor now in the age of information technology and social media. When a minister criticizes another ministry, that is in fact criticism of Prime Minister Imran Khan for he is responsible for picking a minister and leading a foreign policy. Ms Mazari, however, did not forget to praise the prime minister’s relentless efforts for raising the Kashmir issue on every possible international platform “which has been appreciated worldwide and (Indian Prime Minister Narendra) Modi’s shameless tactics against human rights were also highlighted”. If we see the chart of diplomatic efforts and their outcome, we see that the issue was taken up at the UNSC twice, and at OIC’s Kashmir group a few times. The only capitals who have stood by Islamabad are Ankara, Tehran and Kuala Lumpur. The list ends here. The poor internationalization of the Kashmir issue is the government’s failure. Ms Mazari is right that the government’s foreign policy needs a new narrative on Kashmir and instead of taking the issue with other government functionaries in their plush offices and in seminar speeches. This is the time to take up the plights of Kashmiris through cultural exchanges, and updating civil society activists in other countries. Similarly, social media has not been fully utilized to raise the Kashmiris’ voice. This is the time the government devised an agenda and policy at multidimensional levels to underscore the misery of the Kashmiris. *