Saima Saleem, a visually impaired Pakistani diplomat, has become the first to speak using Braille at the United Nations General Assembly hall.

Saima Saleem, a counselor at the Pakistan Mission to the UN, took the floor to respond to an Indian delegate who made critical remarks after Prime Minister Imran Khan's strong advocacy of the Kashmiri people's UN-pledged right of self-determination.

Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram in a tweet congratulated Saima Saleem for successfully putting forward Pakistan's position by exercising right of reply.