India slams Pakistan at UNGA for providing ‘Safe Haven to Terrorists’

India on Thursday exercised its `Right of Reply’ at UNGA against Pakistan and advised Islamabad to look at its track record as a state that provides safe havens to terrorists. At the United Nations General Assembly Eleventh Emergency Special Session, Indian Counsellor Pratik Mathur said, “Pakistan has only to look at itself and its track record as a State that harbors and provides safe havens to terrorists and does so with impunity.”

He also advised the Pakistani delegation to refer to the numerous Right of Replies that India has exercised in the past. Mathur said, “I am taking the floor to say that India chooses this time not to respond to Pakistan`s mischievous provocations. Our advice to the delegate of Pakistan is to refer to the numerous RoRs that we have exercised in the past.” Calling out Pakistan`s uncalled-for provocation “regrettable”, Mathur also said that after two days of intense discussions, all the members present in the UN have agreed that the path of peace can be the only path to resolve conflict and discord. India’s most wanted Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki was designated as “global terrorist” in January. 

India had made listings of Pak-based terrorists a top priority of its UNSC tenure during 2021-22. A total of five names — Abdul Rehman Makki (LeT), Abdul Rauf Asghar (JeM), Sajid Mir (LeT), Shahid Mahmood (LeT), and Talha Saeed (LeT) — were submitted by India for designation under 1267 in 2022. Each of these five names was initially placed on technical hold by one member state (China) while all other 14 members of the Council agreed to their listing. 

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