Pakistan has strongly rejected Indian accusations of cross-border terrorism at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), urging New Delhi to abandon its “tired narrative of victimhood and blame-shifting” and instead change its behaviour.
“It is India which actively sponsors, aids, and abets terrorism in my country and beyond,” said Ambassador Usman Jadoon, Pakistan’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, during a UNSC debate on “Promoting International Peace and Security through Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes.”
The remarks came in response to Indian Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, who criticized Pakistan after Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called for resolving the Kashmir dispute in line with UNSC resolutions.
Ambassador Jadoon reminded the Council that India itself brought the Jammu and Kashmir issue to the UNSC but now refuses to implement the very resolutions it once accepted, denying Kashmiris their right to self-determination. He also highlighted India’s “egregious human rights violations” in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and its mistreatment of minorities, widely documented by international rights groups.
The Pakistani envoy accused India of illegally suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty to deprive Pakistan of its rightful share of water and condemned India’s recent cross-border aggression in May, which targeted Pakistani civilians. “Pakistan responded in self-defense, downing six Indian aircraft and limiting hostilities through a responsible approach with US facilitation,” he noted.
“It is ironic that India, while claiming to uphold the UN Charter, continues to flout UNSC resolutions and international law,” Jadoon told delegates, adding that the Indian envoy’s remarks were driven by frustration over the success of Pakistan’s signature event at the Council.
The UNSC debate will resume on July 24 to hear from additional member states.
