NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Caretaker Minister for Foreign Affairs Jalil Abbas Jilani has said that neither the United Nations nor any other state in the world endorsed the Indian claim on Jammu and Kashmir dispute with Pakistan.
Addressing a news conference in New York he said even the United Nations’ map did not show Kashmir as a part of India as the country had been claiming.
To a question about tension between Canada and India over the killing of a Sikh leader, the foreign minister said the Pakistan and other South Asian states had been victims of the assassinations from India.
Jalil Abbas Jilani maintained that India has to come clean on the adding the mask is coming off on the Indian face.
Foreign Minister Jilani said that Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar and he had a series of bilateral discussions with their counterparts and also participated in multiple sessions on different subjects.
He said meetings of the OIC Contact Groups on Kashmir and Palestine were also held during which Pakistan emphasized its efforts for peace and stability, besides highlighting the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
To another question, the foreign minister said that during the meeting in New York, the OIC reiterated its support and called for the resolution of the Palestine issue as per the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Pakistani FM voices concerns over Indian attempt to change demography of IIOJK
He said the steps taken by India on August 5, 2019 further deprived Kashmiri people of their rights. The FM noted Indian attempts to change the demography of IIOJK was a matter of great concern for Pakistan as well as the people of Kashmir.
The foreign minister said that Pakistan along with the like-minded countries had developed a harmony at COP27 and established the Climate Finance Fund.
About the outcome of the donors’ conference held in Geneva, he said the UN Secretary-General would call a meeting on September 27, where the representatives from the donor countries would present a report about their commitments.
He said Pakistan was carrying out the rehabilitation and reconstruction work from its own resources.
“We are hopeful that most of the promises will be fulfilled shortly,” he remarked.
Regarding the debate on the UNSC reforms, Foreign Minister Jilani said there was an agreement in the global community that there was no need for including another permanent member or group to the Council.
To a question, Jilani said Pakistan expected the interim Afghan government to act against groups carrying out their terror activities in Pakistan.
He said Pakistan had a very constructive discussion with Afghan authorities including meeting of the joint commission. The Afghan side was also committed to not to permit its soil to be used for terror activities.
![NEW YORK: Pakistan's former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, leading Pakistan’s high-level parliamentary delegation, on Tuesday warned that India's aggressive actions pose a serious threat to peace in South Asia and urged the international community to take note of India's aggressive conduct. Bilawal was addressing a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on recent regional developments after the military conflict between India and Pakistan. The Pakistani delegation is in New York to present Pakistan’s stance on the military escalation with India and to challenge New Delhi’s narrative at the global level. The visit is part of Pakistan’s sustained diplomatic outreach to brief key UN stakeholders on the alarming regional situation. The Pakistani delegation is also scheduled to arrive in Washington today, where it plans to engage with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, other senior officials, lawmakers, and think tanks till June 6. The team will also visit London and Brussels. Speaking at the press conference, Bilawal said that he wanted to use the opportunity to share Pakistan’s perspective on the recent military conflict with India in the wake of the Pahalgam attack and the way forward. Bilawal said that the “illegal strikes” launched by India as part of its ‘Operation Sindoor’ were “in violation of the UN Charter, international law”. He said the attacks had targeted civilian infrastructure, places of worship, energy infrastructure and innocent women and children. He said India had used the April 22 terrorist attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s (IIOJK) Pahalgam as a pretext to launch the attack inside Pakistan. Following the Pahalgam incident, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered publicly to India that Pakistan was ready to be part of any impartial international investigation into this attack. “We did so because we were confident, our hands were clean and we had nothing to do with this terrorist attack. “We expressed our sympathy with the victims of terrorism and Pakistan has consistently and unequivocally condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” he said, adding that PM Sharif had immediately expressed Pakistan’s willingness to India and the global community to be part of any impartial international investigation. “Indian government refused Pakistan's offer and chose instead to conduct their illegal strikes. Pakistan only then acted in self-defence, we never initiated any violence against India,” Bilawal said. Bilawal emphasised that Pakistan never initiated hostilities against India but responded to Indian aggression by downing six Indian fighter jets. "The Pakistani military had responded with precision the night of the first Indian attack and only targeted and downed six planes because we believed those were the ones to release their load on Pakistan”. He stated that US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio played a vital role in achieving a ceasefire during heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours. “We’ve seen during the course of this conflict how quickly the escalation ladder between our two countries rose and the concern is that the next time there is such an incident, there may not be time for the international community to intervene before things get a lot worse. That is why it is absolutely important for Pakistan and the international community to continue to pursue dialogue and diplomacy as the only viable path to peace.” He said Pakistan’s position was to hold a “comprehensive dialogue” with India that would include the issue of terrorism as well. The head of the Pakistani delegation said that no civilized nation can support the use of water as a weapon and urged the international community to play its part, questioning, "What would be the global reaction if someone’s lifeline was cut off?" He stressed that Pakistan has paid a heavy price in the fight against terrorism and has suffered the most. “The single largest number of terrorist attacks that take place in any one country is Pakistan. The single largest number of victims of terrorism is Pakistan. I myself have suffered at the hands of terrorists. My mother [Benazir Bhutto] was assassinated by the terrorists.” Bilawal also criticised India for targeting water reservoirs and civilian areas, including mosques, during its attacks. Calling negotiations the only path to peace, Bilawal reiterated that the unresolved Kashmir dispute remains the root cause of regional instability. He urged the global community to take notice of India’s aggressive conduct.](https://wenewsenglish.com/storage/2025/06/Bilawal-Bhutto-Zardari-300x180.jpg)
