PAK IS BIGGEST PERPETRATOR OF TERRORISM, SAYS INDIA AT UN

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan is the biggest perpetrator and supporter of terrorism and masquerades as its victim and should stop cleansing its own minorities including Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, and Buddhists, India said in a response slamming Islamabad for again raking up the Kashmir issue at the UN.

Emphasising that the fight against terrorism has to be unrelenting and across all fronts, Counsellor/legal Adviser at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Dr Kajal Bhat said all member states must fulfil their obligations enshrined in international counter-terrorism instruments and conventions.

“…let me express my dismay that Pakistan has once again misused this august forum to repeat at adnauseam their litany of lies,” Bhat said at the General Assembly 6th committee (Legal) meeting on ‘Measures to eliminate international terrorism’.

“Here is the biggest perpetrator and supporter of terrorism masquerading as its victim. We condemn their Pavlovian response wherever the name of India is mentioned and reject all their allegations and insinuations,” she said on Wednesday.

India’s strong response came after Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram again raked up the issue of Kashmir at the Sixth Committee meeting and made baseless allegations against India.

“Jammu and Kashmir is, and will always be a part of India,” she said. “We call on Pakistan to stop cleansing their own minorities including Hindus, Christians, Sikhs and Buddhists.”

While some states lack the legal-operational frameworks and necessary Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) capacities, others are “clearly guilty of aiding and supporting terrorism by providing financial assistance and safe havens to terrorists,” Bhat said, in a veiled reference to Pakistan.