India attacks Pakistan at UN over Kashmir remark: 'Council's time continues to be wasted by failed state'

According to Tyagi, the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are and will remain integral parts of India.

Describing the country as a ‘failed state’ that relies on international aid to survive, India slammed Pakistan at the seventh meeting of the 58th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

India's Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, Kshitij Tyagi, accused Pakistan of perpetuating falsehoods dictated by its military. His comments came in response to Pakistani law minister Azam Nazeer Tarar's allegations of human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.

"It is regrettable to see Pakistan's leaders and delegates continuing to spread falsehoods handed down by its military-terrorist complex. Pakistan is making a mockery of the OIC by abusing it as its mouthpiece. It is unfortunate that this Council's time continues to be wasted by a failed state which thrives on instability and survives on international handouts. Its rhetoric reeks of hypocrisy, its actions of inhumanity, and its governance of incompetence. India remains focused on democracy, progress, and ensuring dignity for its people. Values that Pakistan would do well to learn from," Tyagi said.

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According to Tyagi, the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are and will remain integral parts of India. He also cited the political, social, and economic progress in the region since its dilution of Article 370 in 2019.

India also said that Pakistan has no standing to lecture others on human rights, given its own record of minority persecution, human rights abuses, and harbouring terrorists sanctioned by the United Nations. “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. Instead of its unhealthy obsession with India, Pakistan should focus on providing actual governance and justice to its own people,” said Tyagi.

Tyagi's remarks were made in response to Pakistan's "baseless and malicious references" regarding Kashmir.

The diplomat’s remarks followed a strong statement made on February 19 by India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish. During an Open Debate at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) , Harish said, "The Deputy PM and Foreign Minister of Pakistan have referred to an integral and inalienable part of India, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in his remarks. I would like to reaffirm that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been, is, and will always be, an integral and inalienable part of India."