India slams Pakistan at UN over Mumbai, Pathankot, Pulwama terror attacks
India Today
India hit out at Pakistan saying that it continued to provide state support to those who orchestrated terror attacks in Mumbai, Pathankot, and Pulwama.
India has strongly hit out at Pakistan at the UN, saying the world knows where perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai, 2016 Pathankot and 2019 Pulwama terror attacks came from and it is "regretful" that facilitators of these "dastardly" acts continue to enjoy state support and hospitality.
Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Rajesh Parihar began his remarks to the open briefing of the Counter-Terrorism Committee on Monday by recalling that exactly three years ago on February 14, 2019, 40 brave men of Indian security personnel were killed in a “dastardly terrorist attack” in Pulwama carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
"The world had witnessed the horrors of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the 2016 Pathankot terror attack, and the 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack. We all know from where the perpetrators of these attacks came from,” Parihar said, delivering India’s national statement at the open briefing on the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) with the Member States of South and South-East Asia.
He said it is "regretful" that victims of these dastardly attacks are yet to get justice, and the perpetrators, facilitators and financiers of these attacks continue to walk free, “still enjoying state support and hospitality,” making a reference to Pakistan.
"This epicentre of terrorism nurtures terrorist entities with links to more than 150 UN-designated entities and individuals, and its leaders often extol terrorists as ‘martyrs’,” he said, alluding to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan calling slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a ‘martyr’.
Parihar asserted that India is "fully committed" to bringing the perpetrators of these terror attacks on its soil to justice, while he emphasised that it is “high time” the international community calls upon “this epicentre of terror state” to take effective, credible, verifiable, and irreversible actions without further delay against terror outfits operating on its territory and under their control.
"We have consistently witnessed terror attacks on ethnic, sectarian and religious minorities, including Christians, Hindus and Sikhs. The growth of extremist ideology in our neighbouring state is bolstered by their patronage of radical outfits. The mainstreaming of radicalism and communal ideology by the State has also provided a fertile environment for the growth of terror infrastructure in the region,” he said.
