WASHINGTON: Pakistan has strongly rejected India’s accusations at the United Nations, saying New Delhi’s ruling ideology has transformed the country into what it described as the “world’s largest factory of hate,” fueled by Hindutva extremism and systematic repression in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
In a right of reply during a UN Security Council debate, Pakistan’s Counsellor Gul Qaiser Sarwani called out India’s representative for what he termed “baseless and diversionary claims,” stressing that the situation in Kashmir remains one of “custodial killings, enforced disappearances, sexual violence, demographic engineering, and sweeping media blackouts.”
Sarwani contrasted conditions in Indian-occupied Kashmir with those in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, which he said “stands as evidence of Pakistan’s commitment to democratic governance,” where citizens elect their leadership and “enjoy freedoms unimaginable under Indian occupation.”
He underlined that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognized dispute, stating: “Kashmir is not India’s internal matter, it never was and never will be. It remains on the UN agenda, and no decree from New Delhi can alter that reality.”
Reaffirming Pakistan’s longstanding position on the UN-mandated plebiscite, Sarwani said it is India that has “reneged on every commitment,” instead deploying nearly 900,000 troops to enforce control over the region, which he described as “the densest military occupation of our time.”
He added that India’s allegations against Pakistan aim to deflect attention from the situation in Kashmir.
“The mask of democracy slips,” Sarwani said, “when minorities across India face persecution, Muslims lynched in public, Christians attacked in places of worship, Sikhs vilified, and Dalits dehumanized. The tragedies of Gujarat, Delhi and Manipur speak for themselves.”
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