NEW YORK: In a strongly worded statement at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Pakistan has accused India of widespread human rights violations, religious persecution, and sponsoring terrorism within Pakistan.
Responding to remarks made earlier by the Indian representative, Rabia Ijaz, Second Secretary at Pakistan’s Permanent Mission to the UN, said she felt compelled to respond to what she described as a “misleading and hypocritical narrative” put forward by New Delhi.
“This is a classic case of an oppressor masquerading as the victim,” she said, adding that India had “weaponised hate, normalised mob violence, and institutionalised discrimination” against its own citizens, particularly religious minorities, as well as against the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
She dismissed India’s invocation of the principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), arguing that a state system built on exclusion and repression had “no moral ground” to invoke such doctrines.
The Pakistani diplomat stated that India, under the BJP-RSS nexus, had transformed into a “majoritarian autocracy,” where Muslims, Christians, and Dalits were living under “constant fear.”
She cited numerous instances as evidence of systematic, state-sponsored oppression, including mob lynchings, the use of bulldozers for collective punishment, the demolition of mosques, and discriminatory laws that revoke citizenship based on religion.
Kashmir dispute
On the Kashmir issue, the diplomat rejected India’s claims that the region is an internal matter while reaffirming Pakistan’s long-standing position that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognised disputed territory.
Referring to UN Security Council resolutions — specifically 47 (1948), 91 (1951), and 122 (1957) — she emphasised that the people of Kashmir must be granted the right to self-determination through a “free and impartial plebiscite.”
“India had accepted these resolutions and is bound under Article 25 of the UN Charter to implement them,” she said. “Its continued refusal is a persistent violation of international law.”
She also accused India of carrying out unprovoked attacks on civilian areas in Pakistan on May 6 and 7 this year, causing the deaths of 35 innocent people. She condemned the strikes as a violation of the UN Charter and international humanitarian law.
Touching upon the issue of children in conflict zones, the Pakistani representative noted India was responsible for the killing of 15 children in Pakistan in what she described as a “massacre.”
She called upon the UN to document these incidents in all relevant reports, adding that the attacks were not the result of military engagements but deliberate targeting of civilians.
Right of Reply by Second Secretary Rabia Ijaz
In Response to the Indian Statement (R2P)
At the United Nation General Assembly
(1 July 2025)
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Mr. President,I am compelled to respond to the Indian delegate’s remarks — a textbook case of the perpetrator posturing as a… pic.twitter.com/byW7hUcPpG
— Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN (@PakistanUN_NY) July 1, 2025
She also shared Indian involvement in a series of terrorist incidents inside Pakistan, ranging from the 2014 Army Public School attack in Peshawar to a recent assault on a school bus in Khuzdar in Balochistan province.
Rabia went on to say that Indian intelligence agencies were supporting banned terrorist outfits such as the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in an ongoing “covert war” against Pakistan.
“These are not mere accusations,” she said, adding, “They are backed by documented evidence and public admissions made by former Indian officials.”
“If the international community is truly committed to the principle of protection, it must begin by holding all perpetrators accountable — India included. There can be no exceptions, no blind spots, and no double standards,” she added.
