Pakistan has raked up the Kashmir issue again at the UN with its envoy Maleeha lodhi accusing India of spreading terrorism in the Valley, drawing a sharp reaction from India which described her diatribe as a “lonely voice from the wilderness”.
Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN lodhi, during a debate of the General Assembly, also alleged that India made a “false claim” of conducting surgical strike across the loC to provoke conflict with Pakistan.
She warned New Delhi that “any aggression” by it would receive a “matching and effective response”.
“This claim, and India’s repeated threats to conduct such strikes across the loC, constitute flagrant violations of the UN Charter’s injunction against the use or threat of use of force,” lodhi said during the debate on the Report of the Secretary General on the work of the world body.
She said that the UN should not “ignore these open threats to use force” by India.
Continuing her tirade against India, lodhi alleged, “To cover up its crimes against the Kashmiri people, and to divert world attention, India resorts to daily violation of the ceasefire along the line of Control in Kashmir.”