A serial borrower, steeped in fanaticism & terrorism: India responds to Pakistan minister's UNSC remarks

India on Tuesday sharply took a dig at Pakistan while responding to its Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s remarks at the United Nations Security Council, calling out Islamabad’s duplicity and long-standing support for terrorism. In a scathing remark, India said Pakistan is “steeped in fanaticism and terrorism and a serial borrower from the IMF.”

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador P Harish, drew a sharp contrast between the two neighbours, stating, “On one hand there is India – a mature democracy, a surging economy, a pluralistic and inclusive society. At the other extreme is Pakistan, steeped in fanaticism and terrorism and a serial borrower from the IMF.”

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‘Zero tolerance for terrorism must be universal’

Taking a direct jab at Pakistan, often described as a global exporter of terror, Harish underlined the importance of universally upholding core principles as the UNSC debates international peace and security. Foremost among these, he said, is the commitment to “zero tolerance for terrorism.”

“It ill behoves the member of the Council to offer homilies while indulging in practices that are unacceptable to the international community,” Harish said, without naming Pakistan directly, but leaving little doubt about the target.

Dar chairs UNSC session on peace, sponsors so called resolution on dispute settlement

Presiding over the UNSC Open Debate on “Promoting International Peace and Security through Multilateralism and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes,” Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar opened the session by calling for urgent global cooperation through multilateral frameworks.

In an ironic twist, as a country long accused of harbouring terrorism and using it as a foreign policy tool, Pakistan sponsored a resolution, adopted by the Security Council, urging nations to resolve disputes through peaceful means such as negotiation, mediation, arbitration, judicial settlement, or other non-violent tools.

“Today’s debate is both timely and critical,” Dar said. “Multilateralism is not merely a diplomatic convenience; it is the need of the hour. The peaceful settlement of disputes is not just a principle—it is the lifeline of global stability.”

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Using the global platform to once again rake up the Indus water treaty issues, Dar accused India of unilaterally suspending the water-sharing agreement, saying that it affects millions in Pakistan.

“It is most unfortunate and regrettable that India has chosen to illegally and unilaterally hold this treaty in abeyance on baseless grounds, with the intent of choking water flow to 240 million Pakistanis who depend on it for their livelihood and survival,” he said.

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Dar’s comments comes months after 22 April brutal terror attack in Pahalgam, where Pakistan-based terrorists killed 26 innocent people, mostly tourists.