Pakistan uses right of reply to counter baseless remarks of Indian external affairs minister at UNGA session
\n NEW YORK
\nPakistan strongly rejected India\u2019s allegations at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with second secretary Muhammad Rashid asserting that New Delhi is not just a serial perpetrator of terrorism, but also a regional bully.
\nUsing its right of reply, Pakistan\u2019s Second Secretary to the UN Muhammad Rashid countered the remarks made by Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and said that Pakistan has sacrificed over 90,000 lives in fighting terrorism.
\n\u201cWe are one of the strongest pillars in leading global efforts for combating terrorism, as also highlighted by my prime minister at this forum,\u201d he added. Pakistan and India engaged in a four-day fight \u2014 their worst in decades \u2014 after New Delhi\u2019s unprovoked assault on Islamabad following a terrorist attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. India blames Pakistan for the attack, a charge that Islamabad has vehemently denied.
\nRashid said that India itself has been implicated in supporting and sponsoring terrorism beyond its borders. \u201cThere are credible reports pointing to networks run by Indian intelligence agencies to destabilise its neighbouring countries. \u201c\u201dIt is unfortunate that intelligence operatives have been accused of financing and directing groups engaged in sabotage and targeted killings across the world. Undermining regional stability and violating international law is a habit for India,\u201d he said.
\nRashid added: \u201cThis country is not just a serial perpetrator of terrorism, it is a regional bully \u2014 a net destabiliser for the entire region, holding South Asia hostage to its hegemonic designs and radical ideology that regrettably inspires hate, divisions, and xenophobia.\u201d Later, using his second right of reply, Rashid also condemned India for distorting Pakistan\u2019s name.
\n\u201cSuch language reflects neither maturity nor responsibility. Instead, it exposes India\u2019s frustration and reveals its pettiness on the world stage. \u201cHe added: \u201cResorting to mockery of a sovereign nation-state\u2019s name is not just undignified, it is also a deliberate attempt to malign and insult an entire people.\u201d \u201cThis is not a local political congregation. By engaging in this kind of rhetoric, India diminishes its own credibility, showing the world that it has no substantive argument to offer \u2014 only, I am sorry to say, cheap slurs which are not worthy of serious discourse.\u201d
\nDuring his UNGA address this week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan sought peace in the region after it delivered a \u201cbloody nose\u201d to India in the May conflict.\u201cWe have won the war, and now we seek to win peace in our part of the world, and this is my most sincere and serious offer before this assembly of the world nations,\u201d the prime minister said at the August forum in New York.
\nThe premier said that Pakistan\u2019s valiant armed forces, under the leadership of Field Marshal Asim Munir, mounted an operation of stunning professionalism and bravery, repulsing the enemy\u2019s attack under the air chief marshal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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