On Tuesday, Pakistan presented a dossier to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that accused India of “stoking terrorism” in its territory. Munir Akram, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said that the docket contained “evidence of India’s systematic campaign to promote terrorism” and “active planning, aiding, abetting, financing & execution of terrorist activities in Pakistan.” Further, he urged the international community “to take note of Indian terrorism and subversion against Pakistan and to prevail on India to desist from these illegal and aggressive activities.”
Responding to Pakistan’s document, TS Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said that its arch-rival was presenting a “dossier of lies” and accused it of “concocting documents and peddling false narratives.” He said that Pakistan “enjoys zero credibility” as “Pakistan is a host to the world’s largest number of UN proscribed terrorists and entities. Remember Abbottabad!” This was in reference to the United States-led operation in 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan where the leader of Al-Qaeda and the orchestrator of the 9/11 attacks, Osama Bin Laden, was found taking refuge.
Pakistan’s dossier comes in response to a similar document presented by India to the envoys of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China. The docket, which was presented by Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, addresses the recent incident in Kashmir wherein four members of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad infiltrated into Indian Kashmir. On being intercepted by the Indian security forces, they open fired but were neutralised successfully. According to an official who attended the meeting, “The heads of missions were provided with a detailed information docket giving the details of the incident as it transpired as well as list of items and munitions that were recovered from terrorists clearly indicating their Pakistani origins.” Pakistan denied India’s claim and accused the Indian government of attempting to divert attention from the human rights abuses conducted by its authorities in Kashmir.
On November 14, Pakistan had also released a document that claimed to unmask details of “India’s state sponsorship of terrorism.” It accused the Indian government of funding the Tehreek-e-Taliban in Afghanistan and the Baloch separatist groups. Responding to the allegations in this dossier, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar slammed the document and accused Pakistan of being an “egregious example of state-sponsored cross-border terrorism.” The allegations were also denied by Gran Hewad, the spokesperson for the Afghan Foreign Ministry, who said, “The allegation is baseless. We propose a UN commission to probe the root causes of terrorism in Afghanistan and to examine Pakistan claims.”
Pakistan Presents UN Chief With Dossier Accusing India of "Stoking Terrorism"
Responding to Pakistan’s document, TS Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said that its arch-rival was presenting a “dossier of lies.”
November 26, 2020
Munir Akram, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN SOURCE: ECONOMIC TIMES