United Nations, July 23 (IANS) India has made clear to Pakistan that the Indus Water Treaty will remain suspended as long as Islamabad is committed to cross-border terrorism as state policy. “Our position on the Indus Water Treaty remains clear and consistent,” India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish told Pakistan at the Security Council on Wednesday. “Cooperation on the basis of mutual trust and goodwill cannot be expected when cross-border terrorism is regularly deployed as an instr…
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United Nations, June 24 (IANS) India has slammed Pakistan for misusing its position as co-chair to politicise a UN forum instead of being unbiased as behooves the position.“The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is a matter strictly internal to India. It is always been, is, and will remain so”, India’s Permanent Representative P Harish declared on Tuesday at an informal meeting of the Security Council.“It is incredible that a co-Chair expected to be balanced and unbiased in conduct, ha…
United Nations, June 6 (IANS) Pakistan is abusing its temporary membership of the Security Council to peddle false narratives, and it should be mindful of its responsibilities on the body, India said on Friday.“Empty rhetoric and hollow claims by Pakistan would not change this fundamental reality” that “Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India,” India’s Permanent Representative P Harish said.He was responding to Pakistan’s Permanent Rep…
New York, May 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is pressuring Pakistan to recognise Israel and establish diplomatic relations with it as part of the Iran war settlement. Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday that “it should be mandatory” for Pakistan to “sign onto the Abraham Accords”, under which Muslim nations recognise Israel.Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Türkiye, Egypt, and Jordan are the other countries from which he demanded acquiescence to the Abraham Accords.Trump presented his d…
United Nations, May 21 (IANS) India called out Pakistan’s hypocrisy in claiming to champion international law while brutally killing civilians in Afghanistan, even during the Islamic holy month and targeting civilian patients leaving the mosque after evening prayers. India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish reminded the Security Council on Wednesday (local time), “The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported that in the first three months of 2026, 750 civilia…
United Nations, March 10 (IANS) Pakistan has made a tacit admission that it was targeting India’s assistance to Afghanistan and that its air attacks during Ramadan were hurting mostly women and children. Employing diplomatic finesse, India’s Permanent Representative in his address to the Security Council on Monday had not named Pakistan while criticising the air attacks on Afghanistan or cross-border terrorism.But Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad walked into his trap…
United Nations, Jan 16 (IANS) India has slammed Pakistan for misusing the concept of self-determination to attack democratic and pluralistic nations by harping on Kashmir with falsehoods.“At a time when member states have to rise beyond their narrow considerations, Pakistan continues to misuse all platforms and processes in the UN to drive their divisive agenda”, Eldos Punoose, a counsellor at India’s UN Mission, said on Thursday at the General Assembly.“The right to self-determination i…