'Obfuscates misdeeds in his own country', India replies to Pak PM's rant at UN

India on Friday exercised its Right of Reply against remarks made by Pakistans Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on minorities in India and the issue of Kashmir at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly UNGA debateIndian diplomat Mijito Vinito reminded Pakistan to introspect before levelling false allegations against India Vinto emphasised that instead of making claims over Jammu and Kashmir Islamabad should stop crossborder terrorismVinito also said When young women in the thousands from the minority community are abducted as an SOP what can we conclude about the underlying mindsetIt is regrettable that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has chosen the platform of this august assembly to make false accusations against India He has done so to obfuscate misdeeds in his own country and to justify actions against India that the world considers unacceptable he saidA polity that claims it seeks peace with its neighbours would never sponsor cross border terrorism Nor would it shelter planners of the horrific Mumbai terrorist attack disclosing their existence only under pressure from the international community Vinito saidReminding the world body of the atrocities against minorities the Indian diplomat referred to recent incidents of forced abduction and marriage of girls from Hindu Sikh and Christian families in Pakistan and conversions within Pakistan he saidIt is about human rights about minority rights and about basic decencies the Indian diplomat saidSuch a country would not make unjustified and untenable territorial claims against neighbours It would not covet their lands and seek to illegally integrate them with its own But it is not just about the neighbourhood that we have heard false claims today he saidThe desire for peace security and progress in the Indian subcontinent is real It is also widely shared And it can be realized That will surely happen when crossborder terrorism ceases when governments come clean with the international community and their own people when minorities are not persecuted and not least when we recognize these realities before this Assembly he saidEarlier Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif spoke about the Kashmir issue in the UNGA He made false allegations against India accusing it of turning Kashmir into a Hindumajority territory through illegal demographic changesPrior to that Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had also raised the Kashmir issue in New York This came at a time when the country is facing devastating floods Zardari raked up the Kashmir issue and said that Islamabad hasnt seen any signs of rebuilding relations with India while speaking during a question and answer session following the address to The Council of Foreign Relations in New YorkThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever