‘No locus standi remarks on India issues,’ India’s reply to Pak at UN Council
India reply to Pak : India responded fittingly to Pakistan's remarks by exercising its 'Right of Reply' at the High-Level Segment of the 55th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
First Secretary Anupama Singh emphasised that Pakistan, a nation with a documented history of persecuting its minorities and poor human rights records, has no credibility to comment on India. Singh expressed regret that the Council's platform was misused by Pakistan to spread baseless accusations against India.
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"With regard to the extensive references to India made by Pakistan, we note that it is deeply unfortunate for the Council's platform to have once again been misused to make patently false allegations against India," she said.
"The entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is an integral and inalienable part of India, and the constitutional measures taken by the Government of India to ensure socio-economic development and good governance in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are matters internal to India. Pakistan has no locus standi to pronounce on matters that are internal to India," she added.
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Describing Pakistan's human rights record as "truly abysmal," the First Secretary highlighted that a nation which systematically persecutes its own minorities lacks credibility to comment on India. She emphasized that India is actively making significant progress in terms of economic development and social justice, making Pakistan's comments not only ironic but also perverse.
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"A glaring example was the large scale brutality perpetrated against the minority Christian community in Jaranwala city, Pakistan in August 2023, when 19 churches were gutted and 89 Christian houses burnt down. Three, a country that hosts and even celebrates UNSC-sanctioned terrorists, commenting on India whose pluralistic ethos and democratic credentials are exemplars for the world, is a contrast for everyone to see," she went on to say.
Singh also said that the government has failed to serve the actual interests of its citizens, and added that Pakistan sponsors terrorism around the world.
"We cannot pay any further attention to a country that speaks while being soaked in red the red of the bloodshed from the terrorism it sponsors around the world; the red of its debt-riddled national balance sheets; and the red of the shame its own people feel for their government having failed to serve their actual interests," she concluded by saying.
The 55th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council is taking place from February 26-April 5.
India had in August last year said that an environment free of terror and hostilities was imperative for normal ties with Pakistan.
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Jaishankar had said in an earlier interview with ANI that Pakistan's future will be largely determined by its own actions and choices and it is for the neighbouring country to find a way out of its economic troubles.
Pakistan is grappling with economic difficulties including dwindling forex reserves, high inflation and sharp depreciation of its currency.
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