Pakistan’s Counsellor on Human Rights for Pakistan's Permanent Mission to United Nations Saima Saleem has said that India continues to actively fund and support terror proxies that include the TTP, BLA and the Majeed Brigade to kill innocent civilians in Pakistan.

In Response to the Statement by India during the open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, she said no amount of obfuscation can hide the facts. She said India brazenly kills and maims civilians in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, carried out blatant aggression against Pakistan targeting civilians and sponsors terrorism and assassinations Pakistan and across the globe.

She said India has even stooped to a new low of impeding the flow of rivers that serve as a lifeline for the 240 million people of Pakistan. She said water is life and not a weapon of war.

Saima Saleem said Pakistan together with the international community condemned the Pahalgam incident. If India had nothing to hide, it should have agreed to credible, impartial and independent investigations into the incident. On the contrary, India continues to subject people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir to state-sponsored terrorism to suppress their legitimate freedom struggle.

She said between 6-10 May, India committed blatant aggression against Pakistan, launching unprovoked attacks on innocent civilians, killing 40 civilians including 7 women and 15 children and injuring 121 civilians, including 10 women and 27 children. She said India certainly has no credibility to lecture others on the protection of civilians.

Saima Saleem said India continues to actively fund and support terror proxies that include the TTP, BLA and the Majeed Brigade to kill innocent civilians in Pakistan. Just two days ago, a savage attack on a school bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan took the lives of innocent school going children and left dozens injured.  

She said If India is genuinely committed to peace and security and good neighbourliness, it should end its state-sponsored terrorism, cease its oppression of Kashmiris, comply with its obligations under international law, UN Charter and bilateral treaties, and engage in meaningful dialogue for the peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.