ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reaffirmed its opposition to adding new permanent members to the UN Security Council (UNSC), saying that India does not qualify for a seat on the 15-member body. India \u2014 along with Brazil, Germany and Japan \u2014 has been campaigning for a permanent UNSC membership. Speaking to the UN General Assembly (GA) on Monday, Pakistan\u2019s Permanent Representative Ambassador Munir Akram, in an apparent reference to India, said one country has waged 20 wars since independence and fomented terrorism and instability across the region, especially in Pakistan. \u201cWe have clear and ample evidence of this state-sponsored terrorism,\u201d the Pakistani envoy told the 193-member GA, which is debating reforms aimed at making the UN body more representative, responsive, democratic and transparent. \u201cIt stands in violation of UNSC resolutions in occupied Kashmir,\u201d Akram said, adding that it had deployed 900,000 troops to crush the Kashmiri people\u2019s legitimate freedom struggle. In addition, settlers from outside Jammu and Kashmir were being brought in to transform the region\u2019s demography, he said. TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reaffirmed its opposition to adding new permanent members to the UN Security Council (UNSC), saying that India does not qualify for a seat on the 15-member body. India \u2014 along with Brazil, Germany and Japan \u2014 has been campaigning for a permanent UNSC membership. Speaking to the UN General Assembly (GA) on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-156790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n