United Nations: India turned up the heat at the United Nations Human Rights Council this week, with its representative Kshitij Tyagi delivering a scathing reply to Pakistan. Tyagi accused Islamabad of “bombing their own people” while misusing the forum to hurl accusations against New Delhi.
Speaking during Agenda Item 4 of the UNHRC session, the 2012-batch Indian Foreign Service officer dismissed Pakistan’s interventions as “baseless and provocative statements against India.”
“A delegation that epitomizes the antithesis of this approach continues to abuse this forum with baseless and provocative statements against India,” Tyagi said. “Instead of coveting our territory, they would do well to vacate the Indian territory under their illegal occupation and focus on rescuing an economy on life support, a polity muzzled by military dominance, and a human rights record stained by persecution — perhaps once they find time away from exporting terrorism, harbouring UN-proscribed terrorists, and bombing their own people.”
India's remarks came just a day after reports of a Pakistani Air Force strike in Matre Dara village, Tirah Valley, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, that left at least 30 civilians dead, including women and children. Eyewitnesses described scenes of devastation with burned vehicles, collapsed buildings, and bodies pulled from rubble.
India also reminded the Council that its mandate must remain "universal, objective, and non-selective", cautioning against country-specific mandates that it said reinforced "perceptions of bias and selectivity".
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12 hurt as Jaffar Express attacked in Balochistan At least 12 people, including women and children, were injured this week in a bombing attack on the Quetta-bound Jaffar Express in Pakistan’s Balochistan province — the latest in a string of attacks on the train since March. Officials said the blast struck the passenger train as it passed through the Spizend area of Mastung district, causing six carriages to derail and one to overturn on September 23. Around 270 people were on board. Security forces rushed to the site and evacuated the injured to a nearby hospital, PTI reported. It was the second explosion in the area within 10 hours. Earlier that morning, an IED went off near the main track linking Balochistan to the rest of the country just as the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express was preparing to leave Quetta station. That train was cleared to continue because the rails were undamaged. |
