Sharif added that his country’s armed forces had repelled the attack with “stunning professionalism, bravery and acumen,”.
In response to Sharif’s speech, India’s First Secretary at its Permanent Mission to the UN, Petal Gahlot, invoked India’s right of reply.
“If destroyed runways and burnt-out hangars look like victory, as the Prime Minister claimed, Pakistan is welcome to enjoy it,” she remarked.“No degree of drama and no level of lies can conceal the facts. This is the very same Pakistan which, at the UN Security Council on 25 April 2025, shielded ‘The Resistance Front’, a Pakistani-sponsored terror outfit, from the responsibility of carrying out the barbaric massacre of tourists in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,” she said.
#WATCH | New York | Exercising the right of reply of India on Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif’s speech, First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Petal Gahlot says, “A picture speaks a thousand words and we saw many pictures of terrorists slain in Bahawalpur and Muridke… pic.twitter.com/suujcgKvGI
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Gahlot went on to call Sharif’s description of the war with India ‘bizarre.’ She said, “The Prime Minister of Pakistan also advanced a bizarre account of the recent conflict with India. The record on this matter is clear.”
She added that Pakistan has “long steeped in the tradition of deploying and exporting terrorism”. Gahlot also highlighted “how Pakistan sheltered Osama bin Laden for a decade, even while pretending to partner in the war against terrorism.”
Gahlot further criticised Pakistan’s ‘hate, bigotry, and intolerance’ and challenged the sincerity of Sharif’s plea for peace, calling on its leadership to examine its own political rhetoric.
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)
First Published: Sept 27, 2025 1:14 PM IS
