India came down heavily on Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), accusing Islamabad of glorifying terrorism and misrepresenting facts.
India’s sharp rebuke came after Sharif, in his address to the General Debate of the 80th session of the UNGA, said the people of Pakistan stand with the people of Kashmir and that “Kashmir will gain its fundamental right to self-determination through an impartial plebiscite under the auspices" of the UN.
Terming the Pakistan PM’s remarks “absurd theatrics”, first secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Petal Gahlot said, “... this assembly witnessed absurd theatrics in the morning from the Prime Minister of Pakistan, who once again glorified terrorism that is so central to their foreign policy. However, no degree of drama and no level of lies can conceal the facts.”
Gahlot went on to refer to the Pahalgam terror attack and India’s Operation Sindoor in response to it, and how Pakistan shielded The Resistance Front, “a Pakistani-sponsored terror outfit”, at the UN Security Council on April 25.
“A picture speaks a thousand words, and we saw many pictures of terrorists slain in Bahawalpur and Muridke terror complexes by Indian forces during Operation Sindoor. When senior Pakistani military and civilian officials publicly glorify and pay homage to such notorious terrorists, can there be any doubt about the proclivities of this regime?”
