Sushma slams Pak for terror
Pak must introspect why country is terror factory: India
United Nations, Sept. 23: Taking a dig at Pakistan, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday asked its leaders to introspect as to why India is recognised as a global IT superpower while Pakistan is infamous as the “pre-eminent export factory for terror”.
In her address to the 72nd UN General Assembly session, Ms Swaraj accused Pakistan of waging a war against India and said a country that has been the world's greatest exporter of havoc, death and inhumanity became a champion of hypocrisy by preaching about humanity from this podium.
She was referring to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s speech on Thursday wherein he accused India of violating human rights and state-sponsored terrorism.
“I would like to tell today Pakistan’s politicians just this much, that perhaps the wisest thing they could do is to look within. India and Pakistan became free within hours of each other. Why is it that today India is a recognised IT superpower in the world, and Pakistan is recognised only as the pre-eminent export factory for terror?” Ms Swaraj asked.
United Nations, Sept. 23: Describing terrorism as an “existentialist danger” to mankind, India on Saturday wondered how the international community will fight the menace if the UN Security Council cannot agree on the listing of terrorists.
In her address to the 72nd UN General Assembly session, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said terrorism is at the very top of problems for which the United Nations is searching for solutions.
“If we cannot agree to define our enemy, how can we fight together? If we continue to differentiate between good terrorists and bad terrorists, how can we fight together? If even the United Nations Security Council cannot agree on the listing of terrorists, how can we fight together?” she said.
Ms Swaraj was apparently referring to China, a vetowielding permanent member of the Security Council, which has repeatedly blocked India’s move to put a ban on Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar under the Al-Qaeda sanctions committee of the council. The JeM has already been in the banned list.
“I would like to request this august Assembly to stop seeing this evil with self-defeating and indeed meaningless nuance. Evil is evil. Let us accept that terrorism is an existentialist danger to humankind. There is absolutely no justification for this barbaric violence,” she said.
She called on the UN member states to display their commitment by agreeing on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism this year itself.