Pak has become home largest number of terrorists proscribed by UN, says India at UN

The Indian mission at the UN said that Permanent Representative of Pakistan claimed to have made a statement at the UNSC when "it was not open to non-members of the Security Council."

"A lie repeated a hundred times will not become truth. The biggest sponsor of cross-border terrorism against India now tries to masquerade itself as a victim of terrorism in India," the Indian mission said in a statement.

"Pakistan has become home to the largest number of terrorists proscribed by the United Nations. Many of the sanctioned terrorists and entities continue to operate with impunity inside Pakistan," it said," adding,"Prime Minister of Pakistan admitted at the UN General Assembly in 2019 the presence of 40,000-50,000 terrorists inside Pakistan."

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"The claim that Pakistan has decimated Al-Qaida from the region, perhaps the Permanent Representative of Pakistan is not aware that Osama Bin Laden was hiding in their own country in plain sight, and it is the US forces which got him inside Pakistan."

"Nor have they heard their Prime Minister refer to Osama Bin Laden as a martyr," the Indian mission said.

The Indian mission added that Pakistan makes "laughable claim that India has hired mercenaries to him them" while rejecting Indians being in the 1267 sanctions list. "The 1267 Sanctions list is public and the world can see none of the individuals are in it. The 1267 committee works on the basis of evidence and not random accusations thrown to divert time and attention."

"Pakistan makes ridiculous assertions about India's internal affairs. This is a country whose minority population has dropped drastically from 1947 to what it is today which is about 3 per cent, which is nothing short of systematic cleansing."