Pakistan accuses India of ‘terrorist exports’
Pakistan’s counsellor Saima Saleem, speaking at the UN General Assembly, accused India of turning propaganda into statecraft, using disinformation as diplomacy and exporting terrorism as a policy tool. She cited the loss of nearly 100,000 lives and billions of dollars drained from Pakistan’s economy since the turn of the century.
Saleem presented evidence of India’s financing, aiding and abetting of terrorist groups such as the TTP, BLA and Majeed Brigade, and called for an unequivocal condemnation of attacks on Pakistani civilians.
She named former Indian naval commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, convicted in Pakistan on terrorism and espionage charges, and Nikhil Gupta, who pleaded guilty in the United States for plotting a Sikh leader’s murder, as examples of India’s terrorist exports. She also referred to other individuals implicated in assassinations carried out in Canada.
Saleem addressed the Kashmir dispute, stating that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognised disputed territory and that the region under Indian control is occupied for nearly eight decades, contrasting it with Azad Jammu and Kashmir where residents enjoy political rights and freedom of expression.
She criticized the RSS‑BJP regime for institutionalising Hindutva ideology, persecuting minorities, and weaponising water by holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, calling it a new low in international law.
Saleem concluded that Pakistan remains committed to peace, mutual respect and dialogue, while defending itself against aggression, echoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s warning that any attempt to divert Pakistan’s share of water would be treated as an act of war.
