India on Tuesday delivered a pointy rebuke to Pakistan on the United Nations Safety Council, linking Islamabad’s home political turmoil with its long-standing document of cross-border terrorism.
The Indian delegation, led by Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, particularly highlighted the jailing of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the banning of his political social gathering, and the army’s position in engineering a “constitutional coup” by means of the twenty seventh modification.
IMRAN KHAN AND PAKISTAN’S DEMOCRATIC CRISIS
Talking on the UNSC Open Debate on “Management for Peace”, Ambassador Parvathaneni referenced Khan’s incarceration in a EUR 190 million corruption case since August 2023, together with trials beneath the Anti-Terrorism Act associated to the Might 9, 2023 protests. He additionally pointed to considerations raised by UN Particular Rapporteur on Torture Alice Jill Edwards relating to Khan’s alleged inhuman therapy in Adiala Jail.
“Pakistan, in fact, has a singular means of respecting the need of its folks — by jailing a Prime Minister, by banning the ruling political social gathering and by letting its armed forces engineer a constitutional coup by means of the twenty seventh modification and giving lifetime immunity to its Chief of Defence Forces,” Parvathaneni mentioned, referring to the modification that reshaped the army and judicial system and granted lifetime immunity to Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir.
REJECTING PAKISTAN’S J&Ok CLAIMS
India additionally strongly rejected Pakistan’s references to Jammu and Kashmir as “unwarranted,” describing Islamabad’s claims as proof of its “obsessive concentrate on harming India and its folks.” Ambassador Parvathaneni emphasised that Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are integral components of India.
“A serving non-permanent Safety Council member that chooses to additional this obsession in all conferences and platforms of the UN in pursuit of its divisive agenda can’t be anticipated to fulfil its designated tasks and obligations,” he mentioned.
PAKISTAN: GLOBAL EPICENTRE OF TERROR
The Indian envoy highlighted Pakistan’s lengthy document of sponsoring terrorism, defending New Delhi’s choice to position the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance. Citing the April 2025 Pahalgam terror assault, during which 26 civilians have been killed in a religion-based assault, Parvathaneni mentioned these incidents underline Pakistan’s ongoing help for cross-border terrorism.
“India had entered into the Indus Waters Treaty, 65 years in the past, in good religion. All through these six and a half a long time, Pakistan has violated the spirit of the Treaty by inflicting three wars and hundreds of terror assaults on India. It’s on this backdrop that India has introduced the Treaty shall be held in abeyance till Pakistan credibly and irrevocably ends its help for cross-border and all different types of terrorism,” he mentioned.
UNSC REFORM: AN URGENT GLOBAL IMPERATIVE
Past confronting Pakistan, India known as for complete reforms of the UN Safety Council, terming them an “pressing world crucial” to handle up to date world challenges. Ambassador Parvathaneni described the eight-decade-old construction of the Council as outdated and unfit for contemporary geopolitics.
Quoting UN Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres, he mentioned: “We are able to’t create a future match for our grandchildren with methods constructed for our grandparents,” underscoring the necessity for pressing reform. He urged the Intergovernmental Negotiations framework on UNSC reform to maneuver to time-bound, text-based negotiations to reinforce illustration for under-represented and unrepresented areas.
India has persistently advocated for a extra consultant, inclusive, and efficient Safety Council, emphasising transparency, accountability, and its personal contributions to UN peacekeeping.
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