 "Pakistan bites dust at UNSC as members seek accountability for Pahalgam terror attack")
While Pakistan is trying to spread anti-India narratives on the international platform, reports are emerging that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is seeking accountability from Islamabad for the Pahalgam attack. According to the Indian government sources, the UNSC closed-door meeting on the brewing diplomatic and military tensions between India and Pakistan has failed to yield any substantive outcome for Islamabad.
The source told The Times of India that the USNC put a dent in Pakistan’s ambition to internationalise the matter and sought accountability from Islamabad over the Pahalgam terrorist attack. As per the report, the UNSC expressed concerns over Pakistan’s nuclear rhetoric and missile tests.
The source told TOI that the views were expressed individually, and the international body is yet to collectively make any statement on the matter, which also worked in India’s favour since Pakistan was hoping for a statement of condemnation.
What happened at the meeting?
The sources told TOI that in the 90-minute-long meeting, member states condemned the Pahalgam attack and posed questions about the likelihood of involvement of the UN-proscribed Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba. Former Indian permanent representative to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, told TOI that the lack of response from the UNSC after the meeting says a lot.
“The lack of a response by the Council to Pakistan’s briefing is a vindication of the Indian stance,” said Akbaruddin, who was India’s ambassador to the UN when Pakistan last sought closed-door consultations through China in 2019. The meeting at that time also ended without any formal statement. In both instances, China helped Pakistan to push its narrative.
In the recent meeting, the source told TOI that members disapproved of the false flag narrative and also questioned the targeting of tourists based on their religious identity.
Impact Shorts
More Shorts“There was broad condemnation of the terrorist attack and recognition of the need for accountability. Some members specifically brought up the targeting of tourists based on their religious faith,’’ the source told TOI. The member states argued that Pakistan’s missile tests and nuclear rhetoric were “escalatory factors”. Overall, Pakistan’s plan to push its narrative internationally backfired with the UNSC’s silence.
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