Terrorism Pakistan’s state policy, raps India

India’s Ambassador to the UN Syed Akbaruddin responded strongly to the remarks made by Pakistan’s envoy Maleeha Lodhi on Kashmir and Wani’s killing during a debate on human rights in the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. 

Lodhi, besides raising the Kashmir issue, also termed Wani’s killing as the “most chilling recent example” of “human rights violations” by Indian forces in Kashmir.  In his statement, Akbaruddin said, “Regrettably, earlier today we have seen an attempt at misuse of this U.N. platform. 

The attempt came from Pakistan; a country that covets the territory of others; a country that uses terrorism as state policy towards that misguided end; a country that extols the virtues of terrorists and that provides sanctuary to U.N.-designated terrorists; and a country that masquerades its efforts as support for human rights and self-determination,” he said.