'Country that bombs its own people’: India slams Pakistan at UN assembly over Kashmir remarks

India on Tuesday launched a sharp rebuttal at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), describing Pakistan as a country that “bombs its own people” and carries out “systematic genocide”.

Speaking during the Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, dismissed Pakistan’s repeated allegations on Kashmir, calling them delusional attempts to mislead the international community.

“Every year, we are unfortunately fated to listen to the delusional tirade of Pakistan against my country, especially on Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian territory they covet. Our pioneering record on Women, Peace and Security agenda is unblemished and unscathed,” Harish said.

His remarks came shortly after a Pakistani official claimed that Kashmiri women had “endured sexual violence for decades”.

India cites Pakistan’s history of atrocities

Referring to Pakistan’s own history, Harish said, “A country that bombs its own people, conducts systematic genocide, can only attempt to distract the world with misdirection and hyperbole.”

He cited Pakistan’s Operation Searchlight in 1971, describing it as a “systematic campaign” that led to genocidal mass rape of 400,000 of its own citizens. “The world sees through Pakistan’s propaganda,” the envoy added.

India had also criticised Pakistan last week at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. KS Mohammed Hussain, Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission, said it was “deeply ironic” that a country with one of the “world’s worst human rights records” was attempting to lecture others.

“Their attempts to misuse this august forum with fabricated allegations against India only expose their hypocrisy,” Hussain said. “Instead of making baseless propaganda, they should confront the rampant state-sponsored persecution and systemic discrimination of religious and ethnic minorities that plague their own society.”

India has consistently reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral part of the country.