India on Monday slammed Pakistan over its comments against New Delhi and said that Islamabad should take credible steps to tackle state-sponsored terrorism and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in all the regions under its control.
India’s statement came during the 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) while exercising its Right of Reply against Pakistan’s comment.
The Permanent Mission of India said that the statement issued by Pakistan is another attempt to fabricate allegations against India in a bid to deflect the attention of the UNHRC from its failures in containing the abuses of fundamental freedom and basic human rights.
"The Council has seen incessant and irrelevant rants by Pakistani delegates during debates under various agenda items, which only reflects their desperation and paranoic state of mind. The entire territory of Jammu and Kashmir, including the territories occupied by Pakistan, has been, is and shall continue to be an integral part of India. Pakistan, instead of wasting the time of the Council, should devote its attention to the grave human rights situation in Pakistan," read India at UN statement.
New Delhi further said that Pakistan should stay away from India’s internal matters and develop a value and culture of democracy.
"It is ironical that a radicalised and failed State like Pakistan, with no regard whatsoever for values and culture of democracy, dares to preach the largest and most vibrant democracy like India," added the statement.
Earlier, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a pre-recorded address, had described Islamophobia as a 'pernicious phenomenon' and had said that 'the worst and most pervasive form' of Islamophobia 'now rules India'. He also said that the 'Hindutva ideology' being propagated by the current Indian Government was unleashing 'a reign of fear and violence' against Indian Muslims.
"Last week, speaking at the Committee of Enforced Disappearances, Amina Massod shared the grief and pain inflicted upon her and several other families by the Pakistani authorities. It has been 16 years, she is still searching for her husband who was picked up by the Pakistani forces in 2005," read the statement.
