October 7, 2025

In a fiery showdown at the United Nations Security Council on Monday, India openly denounced Pakistan for dragging the Jammu and Kashmir issue into international limelight again. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish, called Pakistan’s speech a “delusional tirade” and exposed Islamabad’s dark past to the world. During the debate on Women, Peace and Security, Ambassador Harish hit back strongly after Pakistan’s Counsellor Saima Saleem once again tried to internationalize Kashmir. India’s envoy blasted Pakistan for having "no moral ground to talk about women’s rights or peace," especially as it "bombs its own people" and carries out “systematic genocide.” But Harish didn’t stop there. He took the Security Council down memory lane to 1971 when Pakistan’s army launched Operation Searchlight in then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). This brutal military action led to the horrific mass rape of around 400,000 women, a crime called “genocidal” by historians. "This is a country that conducted Operation Searchlight in 1971 and sanctioned a systematic campaign of genocidal mass rape of 400,000 women citizens by its own army,” Harish declared. He reminded the council that Pakistan’s human rights record is soaked in blood and cruelty, saying, "The world sees through Pakistan’s propaganda." Operation Searchlight was a nightmare - it was aimed at crushing Bengali nationalism, causing millions of deaths and widespread sexual violence. This atrocity has tainted Pakistan’s image for over 50 years. India used this moment to show how Pakistan tries to cover its dark history with “hyperbole and misdirection.” The debate also marked 25 years of the landmark UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, which stresses protecting women’s rights in conflict zones. Ambassador Harish made it clear that India’s record on women’s empowerment and peace is “unblemished” and that India champions gender equality both at home and internationally. Meanwhile, Pakistan was described as a country using Kashmir as a distraction from its own repression and support for terrorism. Harish’s sharp words echoed the tone set weeks earlier by India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the UN General Assembly, where he condemned countries that “openly declare terrorism as state policy” without naming Pakistan, saying, “Those who condone nations that sponsor terror will find that it comes back to bite them.” India’s bold stand at the UN Security Council left no doubt – the world sees through Pakistan’s lies and knows the truth about its violent past and attempts to derail peace.

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