India Warns Pakistan Over Terrorism at UNGA
India has delivered a sharp response to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the United Nations General Assembly, warning that continued cross-border terrorism will have consequences and reiterating that New Delhi will continue exercising its right to defend itself.
India Hits Back at Pakistan at UNGA
Exercising India’s Right of Reply, First Secretary Petal Gahlot rejected Sharif’s remarks on Kashmir and terrorism, calling several of his claims misleading and accusing Pakistan of repeatedly presenting itself as a victim while supporting cross-border terrorism.
She also invoked the presence of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, near Pakistan’s premier military academy, while questioning Islamabad’s record on terrorism. India said Pakistan could not credibly speak about international security while continuing policies that New Delhi links to terrorist activity directed against India.
Terrorism Will Have Consequences, India Warns
Gahlot said India had demonstrated during Operation Sindoor in 2025 that terrorists would have “nowhere to run and nowhere to hide” and stressed that India’s right to defend itself against terrorism would continue to be exercised.
Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7, 2025, after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians. India targeted what it described as terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
India Rejects Pakistan’s Kashmir Claims
Sharif again raised Kashmir during his UNGA address and also credited US President Donald Trump with helping halt the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict. India has consistently rejected claims of third-party mediation.
Gahlot reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral and inalienable part of India and also raised alleged human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
India further criticised Pakistan’s record on minorities, democracy and blasphemy laws, while maintaining that the Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irreversibly ends support for cross-border terrorism.
