In a sharp rebuttal at the United Nations, India exposed Pakistan’s hypocrisy after Islamabad attempted to level baseless allegations against New Delhi regarding women’s rights in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s representative accused India of subjecting women in the region to sexual violence, but New Delhi’s strong counterattack turned the spotlight back on Pakistan’s own dismal record of human rights violations, particularly against women and minorities.
India’s Firm Response
Speaking at the UN, India’s chargé d’affaires Rajesh Poonas dismissed Pakistan’s accusations as fabricated and politically motivated. He reminded the global community that Pakistan’s army committed heinous crimes of mass sexual violence during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, when hundreds of thousands of women in then-East Pakistan were subjected to brutal atrocities.
Quoting official UN records and international reports, Poonas said:
“The utter impunity with which Pakistan’s army perpetrated heinous crimes of gross sexual violence against hundreds of thousands of women in East Pakistan in 1971 is a matter of shameful record. This deplorable pattern continues unabated even today.”
Violence Against Women in Pakistan Continues
India also highlighted that Pakistan’s pattern of crimes against women has not ended with history. Minority women and girls in Pakistan, particularly from Hindu, Sikh, and Christian communities, continue to face:
Kidnapping and trafficking
Forced marriages and early child marriages
Domestic servitude and sexual exploitation
Forced religious conversions
These grave violations, India pointed out, have even been validated by Pakistan’s judiciary, which often turns a blind eye to the plight of minority women. Recent reports by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have also documented these abuses, showing how sexual violence and coercion are used as weapons of persecution against religious and ethnic minority communities.
Exposing Pakistan’s Hypocrisy
India underscored the irony of Pakistan attempting to pose as a champion of women’s rights while its own history and present-day actions reflect systematic violations of women’s dignity.
“It is ironic that those who perpetrated these crimes now masquerade as champions of justice. The duplicity and hypocrisy are self-evident,” India declared at the UN forum.
Women’s Suffering in Balochistan
India also drew global attention to the continuing plight of women in Balochistan. Recent incidents have seen women dragged, detained, and subjected to brutality by Pakistani authorities. Families of these women are often abducted, and widespread oppression remains an everyday reality.
In various provinces of Pakistan, abduction, rape, and violence against women are reported with alarming frequency. These ground realities are deliberately hidden by Islamabad, which instead chooses to fabricate narratives about Jammu and Kashmir in an attempt to deflect global scrutiny.
Pakistan Losing Credibility at the UN
India’s strong rebuttal made it clear that Pakistan cannot escape accountability for its own dark record by spreading propaganda about Kashmir. With its consistent track record of minority persecution, forced conversions, and gender-based violence, Pakistan is rapidly losing credibility on international platforms.
The UN too appears increasingly reluctant to take Pakistan’s accusations seriously, as its attempts to target India are repeatedly exposed as baseless and hypocritical.
Conclusion
Pakistan’s latest attempt to malign India at the United Nations has backfired. Instead, the world has been reminded of Pakistan’s history of atrocities during the 1971 war and the ongoing abuse of minority women within its borders. India’s firm stance at the UN has once again ensured that Pakistan stands exposed before the global community.
