Pakistan presents the UN chief with a dossier accusing India of “stoking terrorism” a day after New Delhi handed over a dossier to some members of the UNSC against Islamabad.
Pakistan handed over a dossier to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday accusing India of stoking “terrorism” in Pakistan, a day after India handed over a dossier to some members of the UN Security Council. (UNSC) who accused Pakistani fighters of attempting an attack in disputed Kashmir. region.
The tit-for-tat moves come before India joins the 15-member council for a two-year term from January 1, 2021.
Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, Munir Akram, accused India of violating international law, the UN Charter and Security Council resolutions by sponsoring “terrorism.”
He said Pakistan called on Guterres and the international community “to take note of India’s terrorism and subversion against Pakistan and to convince India to stop these illegal and aggressive activities.”
Their lies have no who.
Earlier this month, Pakistan’s foreign minister and military spokesperson released details of what they called “India’s state sponsorship of terrorism,” claiming that the Indian government and intelligence agencies were funding to the armed separatist groups Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and ethnic Baluchis who carried out attacks against Pakistani soil.
The sharing of such accusations between the two South Asian countries is common, but the specificity of this round of allegations from Pakistan, which included names of alleged Indian intelligence agents, dates of alleged meetings, audio clips of alleged intercepted telephone conversations and documentation of bank transfers. it is unprecedented in recent history.
‘Zero credibility’
A spokesman for India’s mission to the United Nations in New York denied the charges.
“Pakistan can cry hoarsely from the rooftops. But they cannot change the fact that they are the epicenter of terrorism, ”the spokesperson said. “Their lies have no who.”
India’s permanent representative to the UN, TS Tirumurti, dubbed it a “record of lies” that enjoyed “zero credibility.”
“Producing documents and selling false narratives is not new in Pakistan, which is home to the largest number of UN-banned entities and terrorists in the world,” he tweeted.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday criticized India’s presentation of the dossier to some members of the UN Security Council, accusing Islamabad of supporting “terrorism.”
‘Divert international attention’
The Himalayan region of Kashmir has long been a hotbed of tension between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan, with both claiming Kashmir in its entirety but ruling it in part. UN peacekeepers have been deployed since 1949 to observe a ceasefire between India and Pakistan in the Muslim-majority region.
The completely unfounded and unsubstantiated Indian accusations are but a reflection of desperate efforts on the part of India to salvage its false narrative of terrorism against Pakistan …
India said on Monday that four rebels, belonging to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammad, headed for Kashmir through a tunnel last week and opened fire when their truck was stopped for a routine inspection.
Pakistan has rejected the allegations of any involvement in the alleged attack, saying they were aimed at diverting attention from India’s crackdown on the Kashmiri people.
“The completely unsubstantiated and completely unfounded Indian accusations are but a reflection of desperate efforts by India to salvage its false narrative of terrorism against Pakistan and divert international attention from its state terror in IIOJK [Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir] and state sponsorship of terrorism against Pakistan, “Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said in a statement.
Last August, the Hindu nationalist government of India stripped Kashmir of its limited autonomy and put the region under a central government. Kashmiris have accused New Delhi of trying to bring about demographic change by changing laws that allow foreigners to buy land in the Himalayan region.
The UN Security Council blacklisted the head of Jaish-e-Muhammad in May last year after China dropped its objection to the move, ending a decade-long diplomatic deadlock.
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