Pakistan has said India stands exposed by terrorism, occupation, aggression, repression and disregard for international law.

This was stated by Counsellor at Pakistan's Permanent Mission to the UN Ms Saima Saleem while responding to the remarks of India during the Security Council Annual Debate on the Protection of civilians.

She said India’s state-sponsorship of terrorism against Pakistan is not abstract, it has a human cost.  She said India's terrorist proxies including the TTP, BLA and Majeed Brigade have killed thousands of civilians, including women and children in our mosques, markets, schools and streets, through networks financed, facilitated and operated from Afghan soil.

The Counsellor said India can neither conceal nor deny its occupation of Jammu and Kashmir which is an internationally recognized dispute that remains on the agenda of this Council. She said in the occupied territory, civilians are killed, detained, dispossessed and silenced; homes are demolished, freedoms are crushed, and an entire people are denied their right to self-determination.

Saima Saleem said India’s disregard for international law is also evident in holding of the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance. She said a state that threatens the water, food security and livelihoods of millions of Pakistanis cannot certainly speak of civilian protection.