India blasts Pakistan at UN :::: "Terrorism will inevitably invite consequences" ----- "Islamabad has long employed cross-border terrorism as a weapon"

Terrorism will inevitably invite consequences: India blasts Pakistan at UN

Exercising its right of reply, India sharply criticised Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's address at the UN General Assembly, calling his comments on the Kashmir issue a "travesty." 

"As the world knows, Pakistan has long employed cross-border terrorism as a weapon against its neighbours," said diplomat Bhavika Mangalanandan. 

"It has attacked our parliament, our financial capital, Mumbai, marketplaces, and pilgrimage routes. The list is long. For such a country to speak about violence anywhere is hypocrisy at its worst."

She said it was "extraordinary" for a country with a history of rigged elections to talk about political choices in a democracy.

Sharif, in his speech to the UNGA on Friday, compared the situation in Jammu and Kashmir to that of Palestine, saying the people had "struggled for a century for their freedom and right to self-determination." 

He called on India to reverse the abrogation of Article 370, which removed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, and urged dialogue in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions and the "wishes of the Kashmiri people".

The Pakistani PM also claimed New Delhi had rejected Islamabad's proposal for a mutual strategic restraint regime, accusing Indian leadership of threatening to cross the Line of Control (LoC) into what Pakistan refers to as "Azad Kashmir."

"There can be no compact with terrorism. Pakistan should realise that cross-border terrorism against India will inevitably invite consequences," said the Indian representative.