India\u2019s envoy cites Pakistan\u2019s 1971 atrocities as proof that a nation violating women\u2019s dignity cannot champion peace or human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New York [US], October 7, 2025:<\/strong> India has delivered a strong rebuttal to Pakistan at the United Nations, condemning its history of atrocities against women and calling out its hypocrisy during a UN Security Council debate on Women, Peace, and Security.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n India\u2019s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish<\/strong>, said Pakistan had no moral authority to speak on women\u2019s rights after its army committed genocidal sexual violence against nearly 400,000 women<\/em> during Operation Searchlight in 1971<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery year, we are forced to hear Pakistan\u2019s delusional tirade against India, particularly regarding Jammu and Kashmir. A nation that bombed its own people and sanctioned a campaign of genocidal mass rape against 400,000 of its women citizens has no moral standing to lecture others,\u201d Harish said at the debate. \u201cThe world sees through Pakistan\u2019s propaganda and misdirection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His remarks came in response to comments made by Counsellor Saima Saleem<\/strong> of Pakistan\u2019s Permanent Mission to the UN, who raised Kashmir-related issues during the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UNSC discussion marked the 25th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325<\/strong>, which recognises the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women and girls and emphasises their role in peacebuilding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harish underlined India\u2019s long-standing commitment to women\u2019s empowerment and its \u201cunblemished record\u201d on the Women, Peace, and Security<\/em> agenda, contrasting it with Pakistan\u2019s record of violence and repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar<\/strong> had also criticised Pakistan\u2014without naming it\u2014at the UN General Assembly<\/strong>, describing it as \u201cthe epicentre of global terrorism\u201d and warning that nations supporting terrorism would ultimately face its consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India\u2019s intervention at the UN not only countered Pakistan\u2019s narrative but also drew global attention to the historic suffering of women during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War<\/strong>, framing it as one of the worst instances of gender-based violence in modern history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" India\u2019s envoy cites Pakistan\u2019s 1971 atrocities as proof that a nation violating women\u2019s dignity cannot champion peace or human rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":75,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"colormag-highlighted-post":false,"colormag-featured-post-medium":false,"colormag-featured-post-small":false,"colormag-featured-image":false,"colormag-default-news":false,"colormag-featured-image-large":false},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e12f979c7dbcc2096868fc531de295a11443c392b4bb6e60ce343131707eaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"India\u2019s envoy cites Pakistan\u2019s 1971 atrocities as proof that a nation violating women\u2019s dignity cannot champion peace or human rights.","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["World News"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":1,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":false,"medium":false,"thumbnail":false},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?author=3"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e12f979c7dbcc2096868fc531de295a11443c392b4bb6e60ce343131707eaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"World News<\/a>","videoUrl":"","yoast_head":"\n