As India proposed three steps for its neighbour Pakistan to ensure peace in South Asia, including shutting down its "infrastructure of terrorism"...
Digital Desk: India has reaffirmed that Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir matters are "purely internal" and that Pakistan isn't allowed to make comments on Indian domestic issues. The strong remarks came a day after Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar brought up the Kashmir issue during the 78th General Assembly session of the UN.
Petal Gahlot, First Secretary for the Second Committee of the General Assembly, stated on Saturday that "Pakistan had become a habitual offender when it comes to misusing this August forum to peddle baseless and malicious propaganda against India." It does so to divert the world's attention away from its own "abysmal record" on human rights, she added.
As India proposed three steps for its neighbour Pakistan to ensure peace in South Asia, including shutting down its "infrastructure of terrorism" immediately.
Pakistan's Mr Kakar on Friday said Kashmir is the "key to peace" between the two neighbours.
"We emphasize that Jammu and Kashmir are union territories that are a part of India. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are Union Territories, and issues relating to them are solely internal to India." She said, "Pakistan has no right to remark on our internal affairs."
India attacked Pakistan for having the "worst human rights records in the world," especially regarding women's and minorities' rights. "Before criticizing the biggest democracy in the world, Pakistan "would do well to put its own house in order," Ms. Gahlot added.
She sought to remind Pakistan's attention of a "glaring example of systemic violence against minorities", the incident in August in which several churches and Christian houses were burnt down in Faisalabad district.
According to a report by Pakistan's own Human Rights Commission, an estimated 1,000 women from minority communities are kidnapped, forced to convert, and married off in Pakistan each year, Gahlot stated.
India criticized Pakistan for providing terrorists safe haven and urged its government to take action against those responsible for the Mumbai terror assault.
The majority of the world's internationally sanctioned terrorist organizations and individuals have called Pakistan their home and patron. Instead of engaging in technical sophistry, we urge Pakistan to take action against the Mumbai terror attack culprits, whose victims are still waiting for justice 15 years later.
India also listed three steps that Pakistan must take to ensure peace in South Asia: "First, put an end to cross-border terrorism and shut down its infrastructure of terrorism immediately. Second, leave the illegal and forcible occupation of Indian lands. Third, put an end to Pakistan's serious and ongoing breaches of minorities' human rights," said Gahlot.
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