India criticised the statement as a “desperate attempt to look away from the monster of terror” that Pakistan itself created in its “quest to destabilise its neighbours.”
India has rejected Pakistani Foreign Minister’s “despicable insinuation” at the United Nations General Assembly that it had a role to play in the 2014 Peshawar attack in which 132 children were gunned down.
Diplomat Eenam Gambhir, who delivered India’s reply, said, “What we have heard are fake allegations and fake facts, which can only make for a fake vision.” He further stated that “new Pakistan is cast in the mold of the old”.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in his UNGA speech, had linked India with the 2014 massacre at a Peshawar school which was claimed by terror group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.
Calling it a “preposterous allegation”, India said Qureshi “dishonours the memory of the innocent lives lost to terrorists on that day.”
India criticised the statement as a “desperate attempt to look away from the monster of terror” that Pakistan itself created in its “quest to destabilise its neighbours.”
When the 2014 attack took place, there was a major outpouring of support from India. Both houses of Parliament had expressed solidarity with the neighbour and paid respects to the memory of those killed. Schools all over India had observed two minutes of silence.
During the speech, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister also raked up the issue of Kashmir, and held a special briefing after his critical remarks.
India questioned the human rights record of Pakistan and highlighted how Pakistani-American economist Atif Mian was removed from that country’s economic advisory council since he is an Ahmadiyya.
Atif Mian is the first person of Pakistani origin to have ranked among world’s top 25 young economists. He was removed from the council by the new Imran Khan government after pressure from extremist right-wing groups.
But the main focus remained on terrorism with India asking why 26/11 mastermind and “UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed enjoys a free run inside Pakistan and spews venom and sets up candidates for electoral office?”
Explaining why it cancelled a meeting with Islamabad on the sidelines of UNGA, India said, “For India, every loss of life counts, hence our belief that talks and terror cannot go together.”
Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan had proposed a meet of foreign ministers of the two countries on the sidelines of the UNGA. India later cancelled the meeting, as Pakistan-based proxies had killed three of its jawans.
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