He said that the people of PoK want to reintegrate with India and are watching the development taking place in Jammu and Kashmir.“God willing, their ‘homecoming’ will happen soon. It is the people there who want that.” He is happy to see the development of Kashmir. Seeing the way Kashmir is progressing today, PoK will soon join India again.Ilyasi said he was happy to see what he described as a “changed” Kashmir and pointed to growing prosperity and tourism in the region.He said, “It has become a new Kashmir. Today’s Kashmir has become excellent; there is prosperity everywhere and tourism has increased. The people here are prosperous. There was a time when the youth and children here used to throw stones. Today they have pens in their hands. They are studying.”Referring to the Pahalgam terror attack last year in which 25 tourists and a local pony operator were killed, he said there was a slight decline in tourism after the incident, but he urged people to continue visiting Kashmir. He said, “I want to tell everyone that they should visit Kashmir because there is no atmosphere of fear now.”

On the conflict in West Asia, Ilyasi said that war only brings destruction and expressed hope for peace.He said, “Wars harm everyone; they are a sign of destruction. I have hopes from the Prime Minister of our country, Narendra Modi ji, and God willing, he will mediate, and wars will end soon… there will be peace and tranquility.”