India launched a strong attack on Pakistan on Tuesday during a virtual meeting of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office, accusing it of harboring and supporting terrorists and promoting a false narrative about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mahaveer Singhvi, deputy secretary (counter-terrorism) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who led the Indian delegation for the webinar organized by the UN body, noted that the meeting was held on a day when the Indian embassy in Kabul was attacked by Pakistan. . backed by a terrorist group 12 years ago and Indians and Afghans were killed.
“It is very regrettable that a country that perpetrated terrorist attacks in Mumbai (2008), Pathankot (2016), Uri and Pulwama is now preaching to the world community,” Singhvi said in his speech during the meeting on the theme “The global scourge of Terrorism: Assessing High-Risk Threats and Trends, Including Increased Violent Extremism and Hate Speech in a Pandemic Setting ”.
“As the world is coming together to fight the pandemic, it is regrettable that Pakistan, a state that sponsors cross-border terrorism, continues to seize every opportunity to sell false narratives and make baseless, malicious and egregious accusations against India and interfere in our internal affairs, ”he said, adding that the Pakistani representative’s statement at the meeting was part of this pattern.
Singhvi added: “Even as Pakistan provides refuge and support to terrorists, it continues to sell a false and motivated narrative about the situation in the territory of the union of Jammu and Kashmir. It seeks to portray its military and financial forces. [and] logistical support for cross-border terrorism against India as a fight for freedom. She is also selling misinformation about India’s national laws and policies. “
The webinar was part of the UN body’s virtual counter-terrorism week, and Singhvi noted that terrorists have made countless attempts to infiltrate India “from their safe places across the border to carry out attacks. and they have even used unmanned aerial systems to smuggle weapons across our borders ”.
Globally, terrorists have tried to exploit the financial and emotional distress caused by the pandemic and have used the increased presence of people online and on social media to spread misinformation through hate speech, fake news and manipulated videos. , He said. Another disturbing trend is the raising of funds by terrorist groups outlawed apparently for charitable activities but which would be used to finance terrorism, he said.
Singhvi described Pakistan’s statement taking credit for eliminating Al Qaeda as “ridiculous” and said the group’s founder, Osama Bin Laden, was recently glorified as a “martyr” by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran. Khan, in Parliament. “This is a chilling reminder of the patronage international terrorists receive in Pakistan,” he said.
Khan had publicly acknowledged the presence of up to 40,000 terrorists in Pakistan and the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Monitoring and Analytical Support Team had reported that around 6,500 Pakistani terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e -Mohammed (JeM) are operating in Afghanistan, he said.
“Pakistan’s role as the epicenter of terrorism has been well documented by numerous international organizations, including the UN and the FATF. Unlike Pakistan, India does not make any distinction between terrorists and invariably condemns terrorist attacks anywhere in the world, including the one in Karachi, mentioned by the representative of Pakistan in his statement, ”Singhvi said.
The Indian official also criticized human rights violations in Balochistan, Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistani-occupied Kashmir and discrimination against religious and cultural minorities.
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