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24-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
"20,000 Indians Killed In Terrorist Attacks": India Blasts Pakistan At UN
New Delhi: India on Saturday slammed Pakistan over its "disinformation" on the Indus Waters Treaty, which was suspended after a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam last month. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, said the 65-year-old treaty was put into abeyance due to Pakistan's state-sponsored terrorism. His response came after the Pakistani representative raked up the agreement issue at the UN, saying "water is life and not a weapon of war". India suspended the treaty, which was signed in 1960, on April 23, a day after the Pahalgam attack left 26 people dead. New Delhi's action came after it found "cross-border linkages" to the dastardly terror attack. "India has always acted in a responsible manner as an upper riparian state," Mr Harish said as he highlighted four aspects that "exposed" Pakistan. "First, India entered into the Indus Water Treaty 65 years ago in good faith. The preamble of that treaty describes how it was concluded with spirit and friendship," Mr Harish said. #IndiaAtUN PR @AmbHarishP delivered India's statement at the Arria Formula Meeting on Protecting Water in Armed Conflict – Protecting Civilian Lives. @MEAIndia @UN — India at UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) May 23, 2025 "Throughout the six and a half decades, Pakistan has violated the spirit of that treaty by inflicting three wars and thousands of terror attacks on India," he added. He also said that over 20,000 Indians have been killed in terrorist attacks in the last four decades. "Pakistan state-sponsored cross-border terrorism in India seeks to hold hostage the lives of civilians, religious harmony, and economic prosperity," he said. "Second, in these 65 years, far-reaching fundamental changes have taken place, not only in terms of escalating security concerns through cross-border terror attacks but also growing requirements for producing clean energy, climate change, and demographic change," the Indian Ambassador said. "Technology for dam infrastructure has transformed to ensure safety and efficiency of operations and water use. Some of the old dams are facing serious safety concerns. However, Pakistan has continued to block consistently any changes to this infrastructure and any modifications of the provisions which is permissible under the treaty," he said Mr Harish said that in 2012, terrorists even attacked the Tulbul navigation project in Jammu and Kashmir. "These cynical acts continue to endanger the safety of our projects and the lives of civilians," he said. "Third, India has formally asked Pakistan to discuss modifications on several occasions in the past two years. However, Pakistan continues to reject these, and Pakistan's obstructionist approach continues to prevent the exercise of full utilisation of the legitimate rights by India," he stated. "Four, it is against this backdrop that India has finally announced that the treaty will be in abeyance until Pakistan, which is a global epicentre of terror, credibly and irrevocably ends its support for cross-border terrorism," Mr Harish added. "It is clear that it is Pakistan which remains in violation of the Indus Waters Treaty," he said. Tensions between India and Pakistan have increased following the Pahalgam attack. India, after finding cross-border links to the attack, launched " Operation Sindoor" on May 7 and struck terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Pakistan then launched a massive missile and drone attack, but the threats were thwarted. In retaliation, Indian forces struck airfields in Pakistan. A ceasefire on May 10 ended the hostilities.
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Business Standard
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
'Pakistan has a past' admits Bilawal Bhutto, marked by waves of extremism
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Pakistan has suffered due to its past links with terrorist groups, but the country has now learnt from its mistakes and taken steps to fix them. In an interview with Sky News on Thursday, Bilawal said, 'It is not a secret that Pakistan has a past... As a result, we have suffered, Pakistan has suffered. We have gone through wave after wave of extremism. But as a result of what we suffered, we also learned our lessons. We have gone through internal reforms to address this problem.' His remarks came shortly after Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif also admitted that the country had supported terror groups in the past. Asif said this in a separate interview with Hakim, where he stated, 'We have been doing this dirty work for the United States for about three decades... and the West, including Britain... That was a mistake, and we suffered for that...' Bilawal echoed this sentiment, saying, 'As far as Pakistan's history is concerned, it is history and it is not something that we are partaking in today. It is true that it is an unfortunate part of our history.' Speaking at a rally in Mirpur Khas the same day, Bilawal also touched on the country's tense relations with India. He said, Pakistan wanted peace but would not stay silent if provoked. 'Pakistan is a peaceful country, and Islam is a peaceful religion. We do not want war, but if someone attacks our Sindhu, then they should be ready for war. We don't beat the drums of war, but if provoked, the roar of a united Pakistan will be deafening,' he said to supporters. India's concerns on terror funding by Pak For decades, India has been strongly criticising Pakistan at the United Nations and other platforms for its terror funding programmes. India also recently slammed Pakistan after Asif openly admitted the country's past involvement in supporting and funding terrorist groups. #IndiaAtUN Amb. DPR @PatelYojna delivered India's statement at the launch of the Victims of Terrorism Association Network. (1/2) @MEAIndia @UN — India at UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) April 28, 2025 'The whole world has heard Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif admitting to and confessing Pakistan's history of supporting, training and funding terror organisations. This open confession surprises no one and exposes Pakistan as a rogue state fuelling global terrorism and destabilising the region. The world can no longer turn a blind eye,' said Ambassador Yojna Pate, India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN. She described India as a 'victim of cross-border terrorism', pointing to Pakistan's role in creating regional instability. The sharp comment comes amid rising tensions following the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 tourists.
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Business Standard
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
India slams Pak at UN over Khwaja Asif's 'open confession' on Pahalgam
India has voiced strong objections at the United Nations about a Pakistani minister's comments on training and funding terrorists. This comes in the wake of heightened tensions between the two countries following the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that left 26 tourists dead. At the launch of the Victims of Terrorism Association Network in New York, India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Yojna Patel, described India as a 'victim of cross-border terrorism' and referenced Pakistan Defence Minister Khwaja Asif's 'open confession' about Pakistan's history of supporting terrorist organisations. 'The whole world has heard Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif admitting and confessing Pakistan's history of supporting, training and funding terror organisations. This open confession surprises no one and exposes Pakistan as a rogue state fuelling global terrorism and destabilising the region. The world can no longer turn a blind eye,' Patel said, in reference to a recent television interview. After the Pahalgam terror attack, Khwaja Asif was questioned by a Sky News journalist about Pakistan's involvement in supporting terrorist groups. "We have been doing this dirty work for the US for the past three decades, including the West and the UK,' Asif had responded. Patel also hit out at Pakistan for exploiting and weakening the international forum to 'indulge in propaganda and make baseless allegations against India'. #IndiaAtUN Amb. DPR @PatelYojna delivered India's statement at the launch of the Victims of Terrorism Association Network. (1/2) @MEAIndia @UN — India at UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) April 28, 2025 Last week, the UN Security Council strongly condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack, stressing the need to bring the organisers and sponsors of the act to justice. 'The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice,' the statement said. In response to the Pahalgam attack, India implemented several diplomatic and security measures, including suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, stopping overland trade via the Integrated Check Post at Attari, and suspending the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme for Pakistani citizens, requiring those already within India to depart within 40 hours. Meanwhile, Pakistani troops breached the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the fifth night in a row, extending the arc of violations to include the Akhnoor sector in Jammu district. The Indian Army responded in a measured and effective manner to the provocation, an official said.
