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Express Tribune
24-07-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
At UNSC, Pak diplomat hits back at India
Listen to article Rejecting Indian allegations of cross-border terrorism, Pakistan has asked India to change its behaviour, instead of resorting to its "tired narrative of victimhood and blame-shifting" during a UN Security Council debate on 'Promoting International Peace and Security through Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes'. "It is India which actively sponsors, aids and abets terrorism in my country and beyond," Ambassador Usman Jadoon, deputy permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, told the 15-member body on Tuesday evening, while responding to the allegations made by India's UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish. "Rather than being blinded by hubris and a misplaced sense of impunity, and instead of resorting to its tired narrative of victimhood and blame-shifting, India must introspect seriously, change its behaviour and comply with its international legal obligations on all counts," he said in the debate convened by Pakistan to promote pacific settlement of disputes between nations. Ambassador Jadoon said it was especially regrettable that the Indian ambassador targeted Pakistan on Tuesday when earlier in the day, the Council spoke with a unanimous voice to reaffirm the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and the imperative of peaceful settlement of disputes, respect for international law and effective implementation of the resolution of the Security Council. The Indian envoy was reacting to Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar who underscored the need for the resolution of Kashmir dispute in a speech he gave in his national capacity after the adoption of Pakistan-sponsored resolution calling for the peaceful settlement of disputes. "First of all," the Pakistani envoy asserted that India was in illegal occupation of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir. "While claiming to abide by the UN Charter and purportedly the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes, India has been in violation of Security Council resolutions on the Jammu & Kashmir dispute, and has refused to implement those resolutions, thereby denying the Kashmiri people the exercise of their inalienable right to self-determination," he added.
Express Tribune
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Islamabad slams Delhi for weaponising water
At a preparatory meeting for the key 2026 UN Water Conference, Pakistan has denounced India's attempts to "weaponise water" by suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and thereby endangering the lives of over 225 million people. "Water should serve as a unifying force, not a source of division," Ambassador Usman Jadoon, deputy permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, told the meeting. "Despite recent attempts by one country in our region to weaponise water, Pakistan remains resolute in its commitment to ensuring that the 2026 Water Conference accelerates the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6).
Arab News
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Pakistan dismisses Indian rights abuse claims, accuses New Delhi of persecuting minorities
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly rejected Indian allegations of minority rights violations, accusing New Delhi of persecuting its own citizens and 'exporting chaos abroad,' the state-owned Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency reported on Thursday. The exchange took place during a debate in the United Nations General Assembly on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a global commitment aimed at preventing genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Addressing the session, Pakistan's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Usman Jadoon, criticized what he described as the selective application of the R2P doctrine, saying it had become 'meaningless' in the face of the international community's failure to prevent mass atrocities in Palestine and Indian-administered Kashmir. India responded by accusing Pakistan of violating the rights of its minorities and being complicit in a recent militant attack in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir. Exercising her right of reply, Pakistani delegate Rabia Ijaz, a second secretary at Pakistan's UN Mission, dismissed the accusations as '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,' the APP quoted her as saying. Ijaz went on to describe India as a 'majoritarian autocracy,' where minorities, particularly Muslims, Christians and Dalits, face discrimination. 'Lynching is met with silence,' she continued. 'Bulldozers become tools of collective punishment. Mosques are razed. Citizenship is denied based on religion.' 'This is not the protection of people,' she added. 'This is their persecution, sanctified by law and celebrated by power.' Ijaz maintained India had launched an 'unprovoked and deliberate' cross-border attack on civilian areas in Pakistan earlier this year in May, killing 35 people. 'R2P cannot become a slogan for serial violators to hide behind,' she said. 'It cannot be invoked by those who deny rights at home and export chaos abroad.' India and Pakistan have long been at odds with each other, though diplomatic tensions have intensified in recent years. The two nuclear-armed neighbors have repeatedly traded barbs at international forums particularly after their relationship deteriorated following the recent four-day military standoff, one of the most serious flare-ups in several decades.
Express Tribune
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Pakistan slams India for trying to impede water flow
Listen to article A senior Pakistani diplomat has denounced India's "malevolent designs" to impede the flow of water guaranteed to Pakistan under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty and called on New Delhi to refrain from stopping, diverting or restricting rivers going downstream. "We will never accept any such moves," Ambassador Usman Jadoon, deputy permanent representative of Pakistan, told a UNSC meeting held under the format named after a former Venezuelan Ambassador to the UN, Diego Arriva, while highlighting India's attempt to weaponize water. Arria Formula meetings are informal that enable Security Council members to have a frank and private exchange of views on relevant subjects. Friday's meeting of the 15-member Council on 'Protecting Water in Armed Conflict' was convened by Slovenia, in cooperation with Algeria, Panama, Sierra Leone, and the Global Alliance to Spare Water from Armed Conflicts. Opening the debate, Slovenia's State Secretary Melita Gabric emphasized the critical role that protecting water and related infrastructure during armed conflicts plays in safeguarding civilian lives, saying, "protection of civilians and civilian objects under international humanitarian law is non-negotiable." In his remarks, the Pakistani envoy pointed out that attacks against water resources, related infrastructure, and denial of access to these resources constitute a flagrant violation of established norms, and widely accepted principles, noting that the UNSC too has also reaffirmed these principles and strongly condemned the unlawful denial of such access and depriving civilians of objects indispensable to their survival.
Arab News
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Pakistan tells UN India politicizing river flows by halting Indus treaty
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan told a United Nations forum this week India was using river waters as a political weapon by suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), warning that Islamabad would not allow New Delhi to cut off the lifeline of 240 million people or turn water into a tool of coercion. The remarks came during an Arria-formula meeting of the UN Security Council, an informal session allowing open discussion on pressing international issues. The forum was held as tensions escalated following India's decision to suspend the 1960 IWT. While New Delhi has cited a recent militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir to justify the move, Islamabad has denied any involvement and warned that blocking Pakistan's access to river waters threatens regional stability and violates international law. Addressing the forum on Friday, Ambassador Usman Jadoon, Pakistan's deputy permanent representative to the UN, emphasized that access to clean water was a fundamental human right. He condemned India's actions, pointing out the suspension of the IWT constitutes a grave violation of international law. 'India's decision to illegally and unilaterally suspend the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, aiming to impede the flow of water guaranteed to Pakistan under the Treaty, is a grave violation of international law, including human rights law, the treaty law and customary international law,' Jadoon said. He further criticized statements from Indian leadership suggesting intentions to 'starve the people of Pakistan,' describing such rhetoric as dangerous and perverse. Jadoon called upon India to adhere to its legal obligations and refrain from actions that could disrupt the flow of rivers vital to Pakistan's population. 'We strongly condemn India's unlawful announcement to hold the Treaty in abeyance and call upon India to strictly abide by its legal obligations and refrain from stopping, diverting or restricting rivers that are a lifeline for 240 million people of Pakistan,' he continued. 'We will never accept any such moves.' The IWT, brokered by the World Bank in 1960, has been a cornerstone of water-sharing between the two nations. Its suspension marks a significant escalation in India-Pakistan relations, with potential implications for regional stability and humanitarian concerns.
