Geneva: India on Wednesday strongly rebuked Pakistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting in Geneva. India dismissed the allegations of suppressing democracy and violating human rights in Jammu and Kashmir. The country dubbed such charges as ‘baseless and malicious.’ Claiming that Pakistan’s rhetoric reeks of hypocrisy, the Indian envoy said the neighboring country itself was plagued by human rights abuses and in no position to lecture others.
“India is exercising its right of reply in response to the baseless and malicious references made by Pakistan. It is regrettable to see Pakistan’s so-called leaders and delegates continuing to dutifully spread falsehoods handed down by its military terrorist complex,” diplomat Kshitij Tyagi said.
“Pakistan is a failed state surviving on international handouts”, Indian Diplomat Kshitij Tyagi @kshitijtyagi slams Pakistan at UN Human Rights Council pic.twitter.com/ta7get4oQT
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Earlier, Pakistan’s Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights Azam Nazeer Tarar had claimed while addressing the forum that there was a “continued denial of the right to self-determination of people” in Kashmir, in “violation of UN charters and resolutions and international law.” He said the human rights violations in the region must be stopped.
“The union territories of J&K and Ladakh will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The unprecedented political, social and economic progress in J&K in the past few years speaks for itself. These successes are a testament to the people’s trust in the government’s commitment to bring normalcy to a region scarred by decades of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism,” Tyagi added.
‘Pakistan is a failed state…should provide justice to its own people’
The diplomat stressed that instead of its “unhealthy obsession” with India, the neighbouring country should emphasize on providing actual governance and justice to its own people.
“As a country where human rights abuses, persecution of minorities and systematic erosion of democratic values constitute state policies and which brazenly harbours UN-sanctioned terrorists, Pakistan is in no position to lecture anyone,” he said. The Indian diplomat further stated that it was unfortunate that the council’s time was being wasted by a failed state, which thrives of instability and international handouts.
“India remains focused on democracy, progress and ensuring dignity for its people. Values that Pakistan would do well to learn from,” Tyagi told the UN body.
