'World Does Not Need Lessons On Human Rights, Democracy From Pakistan': India At UN

Responding to a statement delivered by Pakistan, the Indian diplomat said that it is in obsession with puritanism that Pakistan has unleashed systematic persecution of its own minorities.

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New Delhi: Hitting out at Pakistan for atrocities against its minorities, India said that the world does not need lessons on democracy and human rights from the country whose contribution to globalisation of terror is unparalleled, news agency ANI reported. Speaking at General Debate of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to UN, Seema Pujani said, "It is ironical that Pakistan, a state whose foundation was laid on communal ideologies speaks of communal disharmony and religious intolerance."

Responding to a statement delivered by Pakistan she said that it is in obsession with puritanism that Pakistan has unleashed systematic persecution of its own minorities, including Shias, Ahmadiyas, Ismailis and Hazaras.

"Abductions forced conversions and forced marriages of Hindus Sikhs and Christians are apt examples of Pakistan's flourishing policy of religious intolerance and hatred," the Indian diplomat said, adding, "Forced disappearances, state violence and forced mass displacements, harassments, extrajudicial killings, army operations, torture, kill and dump camps, detention centres, military camps are rampant in Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa."

She further condemned the country for abducting thousands of Balochs and Pashtuns and said that till date nobody knows the fate of the missing Balochs and Pashtuns.

"Pakistan has consistently failed in meeting the global demand for dismantling the terror mill in Pakistan that churns out terrorists who are responsible for violating the most fundamental of human rights, the right to life to people in our region and around the world," she said.

Terming Pakistan as a "victim of its state policies to nurture terrorist organizations," she said that the countries in the region face threat because of their support to terrorism.

"As an epicentre of terrorism, Pakistan pose threat to the security of countries in the region and beyond even as terrorists thrive in Pakistan and roam its streets with impunity."