At the recent UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif highlighted the Indus Waters Treaty and the Kashmir issue as central concerns for Pakistan. He framed the ongoing tensions with India, particularly the conflict in May 2025, as a ‘success’ for Pakistan. This address comes at a time when the country faces significant domestic challenges, including a struggling economy and widespread opposition protests. Additionally, several provinces are experiencing ongoing conflicts, adding to the pressure on the government.
India slammed Pakistan Prime Minister, exercising its right to reply; First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Petal Gahlot, directly rejected Pakistan’s references to Jammu and Kashmir. “References were made to the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This is an integral and inalienable part of my country and will always remain so. But if we must talk about Kashmir, let us turn our attention to Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “At the heart of the issue is the long-standing practice of cross-border terrorism by Pakistan. Our right to defend ourselves against terrorism will be exercised and continued. “Reiterating falsehoods year after year does not make them true. “The views we heard emanate from those with a long record of bigotry and hatred. They claim to uphold security during the day; they actually carry out terrorism at night. This assembly was subjected to remarks about religious intolerance from the very regime whose mainstay is blasphemy laws. The world knows how minorities are treated in Pakistan. “We heard some hypocritical homilies about democratic rights and human values from a regime whose capital at this very moment is being fortified against its own people. Their puppets may come and go, but let us have no illusion about who calls the shots.
Because this is a regime of the army, by the army, and for the army, and that, Mr President, is happening.
Ask the people of Rawalkot about the wanton killings, the brutal violence and the denial of basic rights that they have long experienced,” Gahlot said. She said the central issue remained Pakistan’s long-standing practice of cross-border terrorism. Terrorism by Pakistan will have consequences,” she said. Pakistan’s terrorism, deceit and duplicity will neither benefit it nor the world,” she said. No pious platitude can mislead it,” she said. The reality of Pakistan is expressed in its 27th Amendment and the lifelong immunity granted to its real ruler,” Gahlot said.
We demonstrated last year that terrorists will have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
