Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi, 38, kicked off a storm yesterday with his comment that Pakistan did not want Kashmir.

"Kashmir is not an issue. Pakistan does not want Kashmir. Pakistan is unable to take care of its four provinces. Don't give it to India either. Let Kashmir become its own country. At least humanity should stay alive. The people who are dying, at least that [bloodshed] should not happen," the former captain said in his address at the British parliament yesterday.