UNITED NATIONS: A Pakistani delegate has debunked India’s claim that Pakistan was failing to safeguard the rights of its religious minorities,
calling the accusation “a textbook case of the perpetrator posturing as a victim”.
“A state that has weaponized hate, normalized mob violence, and codified discrimination against its own citizens – and against those it occupies – has no moral standing to speak on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P),” Rabia Ijaz, a second secretary in the Pakistan Mission to the UN, said about India in the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
The 193-member Assembly held a debate on R2P, a concept aimed at preventing and responding to atrocity crimes, during which Pakistan’s Deputy Permanent Representative, Ambassador Usman Jadoon, said that the doctrine had become “meaningless” following the international community’s failure to stop the mass killing of civilians in occupied Palestine and Kashmir.
Reacting to Ambassador Jadoon’s sharp statement, a representative of India accused Pakistan of violating the rights of its minorities, and of its involvement in the recent attack in Pahalgam, Indian occupied Kashmir, as well as claiming that the Himalayan state was its integral part.
Excercizing her right of reply, Ms. Ijaz, the Pakistani delegate, said, “Under the (ruling) BJP-RSS regime, India has descended into a majoritarian autocracy where all minorities – Muslims, Christians, and Dalits live under siege.