On the platform of the United Nations (UN), India has once again slammed Pakistan in strong words for providing shelter to cross-border terrorism and international terrorist networks. During the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council, the Indian delegation gave a befitting reply under ‘Right to Reply’ to Pakistan’s attempts to make unreasonable allegations against India in the name of Kashmir and minorities.
Indian diplomats, while exposing Pakistan’s decades-old terrorist nexus on the world stage, clearly said that a country which is recognized as the global epicenter of terrorism, has no moral right to preach on peace, democracy and human rights. India clarified that the world has not forgotten where the biggest culprits of 9/11 were found hiding and which country is still providing financial and military support to terrorist organizations banned by the United Nations.
During his speech at the United Nations, the Indian representative shocked the world by reminding that Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the horrific 9/11 terrorist attacks in America on September 11, 2001 and the leader of Al-Qaeda, was sitting in safe haven for years right next to the military camp in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
India said that history is witness to the fact that major terrorist attacks across the world have been found to be linked to Pakistan in some way or the other:
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Shelter for global terrorists: Terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaida and Osama Bin Laden, who were among the main conspirators of 9/11, were captured or killed on Pakistani soil.
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Mentality of giving martyr status: This is the same country whose top leadership stood in its Parliament and glorified global terrorist Osama Bin Laden by calling him a ‘martyr’.
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Revelations in global investigation: The records of all the security agencies of the world and the 1267 Sanctions Committee of the United Nations confirm that Pakistan remains the safest destination for terrorists.
India underlined that the dreaded terrorist organizations banned by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)—Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizbul Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen are openly operating from areas under Pakistani control.
The Indian delegation stated emphatically:
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Pretense of action against Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar: Hafiz Saeed, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the key architect of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and Masood Azhar, the culprit of Pulwama and Parliament attacks, are living a life of luxury under the surveillance and protection of Pakistani security apparatus.
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Terror Financing and State Policy: Pakistan has used terrorism as an instrument of state policy. When international pressure increases, sham arrests and sanctions are imposed, and they are released as soon as the pressure subsides.
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Cross border infiltration: The conspiracies of the Pakistani Army to infiltration of weapons, drones and terrorists to spread unrest in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir continue unabated even today.
India appealed to the UN member states to completely reject the double standards of ‘good and bad terrorism’ on the issue of terrorism. India reiterated that global peace is not possible unless there is direct international accountability on terrorist funding, training camps and the government structures that harbor them.
The Indian Mission bluntly said that Pakistan should first destroy the terrorist infrastructure thriving within its borders and stop the atrocities on its minorities, only then should it dare to point fingers towards any other democratic country. This strong and irrefutable argument of India once again completely demolished Pakistan’s propaganda on the international stage.