'Failed state thriving on instability and handouts': India slams Pakistan at UN

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday strongly criticised Pakistan at the 58th Session of the UN human rights council, calling it a "failed state that thrives on instability and survives on international handouts."

Indian diplomat Kshitij Tyagi delivered a scathing response, accusing Pakistan of spreading falsehoods and using the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as a "mouthpiece" to push its agenda against India.

"It is regrettable to see Pakistan's leaders and delegates continuing to spread falsehoods handed down by its military-terrorist complex. Pakistan is making a mockery of the OIC by abusing it as its mouthpiece. It is unfortunate that this Council's time continues to be wasted by a failed state which thrives on instability and survives on international handouts. Its rhetoric reeks of hypocrisy, its actions of inhumanity, and its governance of incompetence. India remains focused on democracy, progress, and ensuring dignity for its people. Values that Pakistan would do well to learn from," Tyagi said.

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Tyagi further lambasted Pakistan for its continued focus on Kashmir, saying that the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh would always remain an integral part of India. He pointed to the region's significant political, social, and economic progress in recent years, contrasting it with Pakistan’s internal turmoil.


"The Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The unprecedented political, social, and economic progress in J&K in the past few years speaks for itself. These successes are a testament to the people's trust in the government's commitment to bring normalcy to a region scarred by decades of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism," he said.

Highlighting Pakistan’s alleged human rights abuses and its harbouring of UN-sanctioned terrorists, Tyagi said, "As a country where human rights abuses, persecution of minorities, and systematic erosion of democratic values constitute state policies, and which brazenly harbours UN-sanctioned terrorists, Pakistan is in no position to lecture anyone."

Tyagi's remarks were made in response to Pakistan's "baseless and malicious references" regarding Kashmir. He urged Islamabad to focus on addressing its internal governance failures rather than fixating on India.

"Instead of its unhealthy obsession with India, Pakistan should focus on providing actual governance and justice to its own people," he said.

His remarks echo India's consistent stance on the Kashmir issue. India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, had recently reaffirmed that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India while condemning Pakistan's misinformation campaigns at the UN Security Council.

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