India, Pakistan war of words over Shehbaz Sharif raking up Kashmir issue at UN

“For specified a state to talk astir unit anyplace is hypocrisy astatine its worst. It is adjacent much bonzer for a state with a past of rigged elections to speech astir governmental choices that, too, successful a democracy,” she added.

The envoy besides went onto punctual Pakistan astir the “genocide it committed successful 1971”. “The satellite tin spot for itself what Pakistan truly is. We are talking astir a federation that for agelong hosted Osama bin Laden. A state whose fingerprints are connected truthful galore violent incidents crossed the world, whose policies pull the dregs of galore societies to marque it their home,” she added.

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The connection came aft Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif alleged that India has resiled from its commitments to instrumentality the UNSC resolutions connected Jammu and Kashmir.

In his speech, Sharif alleged: “Like the radical of Palestine, the radical of Jammu and Kashmir excessively person struggled for a period for their state and close to self-determination. Instead of moving towards peace, India has resiled from its commitments to instrumentality the Security Council resolutions connected Jammu and Kashmir. These resolutions mandate a plebiscite to alteration the radical of Jammu and Kashmir to workout their cardinal close to self-determination.”

“Since 5th August, 2019, India has initiated unilateral amerciable to enforce what its leaders telephone a last solution to Jammu and Kashmir. Day successful and time out, 900,000 Indian troops terrorise the radical of occupied Jammu and Kashmir with draconian measures including agelong curfews, extrajudicial killings, and the abduction of thousands of young Kashmiris. At the aforesaid time, successful a classical settler assemblage project, India is seizing Kashmiri lands and properties, and settling outsiders into occupied Jammu and Kashmir successful their nefarious plan to alteration the Muslim-majority into a minority… It shall neglect by the grace of God,” Sharif added.

He besides said: “The Kashmiri radical are resolute successful rejection of the mendacious Indian identity. The New Delhi seeks to enforce upon them precise very terrible conditions and atrocities committed each hour. India’s argumentation of brutal concern and coercion has ensured that Burhan Wani’s bequest continues to animate the conflict and sacrifices of millions of Kashmiris…”

He said India has spurned Pakistan’s proposals for a communal “Strategic Restraint Regime”. Responding to the notation “to immoderate connection of strategical restraint”, India asserted that determination “can beryllium nary compact with terrorism. In fact, Pakistan should realise that cross-border coercion against India volition inevitably invitation consequences.”