Pakistan misusing international platforms for 'baseless' propaganda: India at UNHRC

India, on February 24, slammed Pakistan for misusing International platforms for 'baseless and malicious propaganda' against it and advised that before pointing a finger at New Delhi, Islamabad would do well to put its own house in order. In response to a statement by Pakistan's representative, India said it was t surprised that Islamabad's representative misused UN forum yet again.

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Seema Pujani, Second Secretary of India's Permanent Mission in Geneva said, "Pakistan's continued misuse of various platforms to eng in baseless and malicious propaganda against India is t new". She declared that entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are an "integral and inalienable part of India".

" steps taken by Government to ensure good governance and development in se Union Territories are our internal matters. As a country with one of world’s worst human rights records, Pakistan would do well to put its own house in order, before venturing to point a finger at India," Pujani said, reported PTI.

diplomat furr highlighted violence, institutionalised discrimination and persecution faced by Pakistan’s mirities including Christians, Sikhs and Hindus. She furr pointed out that re have been frequent attacks on places of worship of mirity communities.

" condition of women belonging to mirity communities, tably Hindus, Sikhs and Christians, remains deplorable. An estimated 1,000 women from mirity communities are subjected to abduction followed by forced conversion and forced marri in Pakistan every year, according to a recent report published by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan," Pujani said, reported PTI.

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India also raised issue of political repression in Balochistan, and or regions and enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and torture in Pakistan.

"Several Baloch human rights defenders have even met tragic death under mysterious circumstances, while in exile. Pashtuns and Sindhis have continued to struggle against systemic oppression and discrimination," diplomat said, reported PTI.

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Pointing out that Pakistan has been home and patron to largest number of internationally proscribed terrorist entities and individuals in world, Pujani said state-sponsored terrorism by Pakistan is a threat, t only to India but to or countries in region and beyond. Speaking about  recent acquittal of Al-Qaeda terrorist and murderer of American journalist Daniel Pearl, Omar Saeed Sheikh, by Pakistan’s Supreme Court, Pujani said it is "a clear example of Pakistan establishment's nexus with such entities."

"We request Council to call upon Pakistan to take credible and irreversible steps to end state-sponsored terrorism and dismantle terrorist infrastructure in territories under its control," she said, reported PTI.

India also slammed Turkey's remarks on its internal affairs and called m "completely unacceptable". India also rejected Organisation of Islamic Conference's statement, saying it was "factually incorrect".

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(With PTI Inputs)