Criticising Nawaz Sharif for raising the Kashmir issue in UN, Congress today said his speech had "imprints" of Pakistani military hawks as the Prime Minister and his government were "under siege" in Islamabad.

The party said it was "unbecoming" of the Pakistan Prime Minister to rake up bilateral issues at international forum and asserted that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and is not negotiable. Underlining that Sharif's speech had imprints of Pakistani military hawks, Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said his raising the Kashmir at the UN deserves to be condemned.

"It is unbecoming of a prime minister to use an international forum to rake up issues which in fact concern only Pakistan and India," he said. Sharma, a former Union Minister, said it is clear that there is "signature, the imprint of hawks of Pakistan establishment, the military establishment on Nawaz Sharif's statement because he himself, his government is under siege". Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of country and it is not an issue which is negotiable, he said.