India attacks Pakistan at UNHRC, labels it a ‘Frankenstein state’ for backing terrorism

India strongly criticized Pakistan at the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), accusing it of sponsoring terrorism and asserting that Jammu and Kashmir remains an “integral and inalienable part of India.”

Exercising India’s right of reply during the Interactive Dialogue on the UN High Commissioner’s annual report, Anupama Singh, First Secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, rejected Pakistan’s allegations against India and condemned Islamabad’s continued attempts to internationalize the Kashmir issue.

“This is the country where the sitting Defence Minister boasts of hosting, training and deploying terrorists, yet Pakistan calls itself a victim of terrorism,” Singh said. “It is a living example of a Frankenstein state that is shocked when its own monster bites back.”

She reiterated India’s position that the only unresolved issue concerning Jammu and Kashmir is the return of territories under Pakistan’s illegal occupation.

“The only unresolved issue is Pakistan’s continued illegal occupation of Indian territory and its eventual return to India,” she said.

Singh also accused Pakistan of suppressing dissent in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), referring to recent unrest and crackdowns in the region.

“Pakistan’s propaganda cannot obscure the reality of repression in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir,” she said, alleging that demands for basic rights, electricity, livelihood and dignity are often met with force.

Referring to recent protests in PoJK, Singh said the violence was the outcome of a system sustained through “forcible occupation.”

Her remarks came amid reports of clashes between protesters and security forces following the PoJK administration’s decision to ban the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) under anti-terror laws.

India questions relevance of Indus Waters Treaty

Commenting on the Indus Waters Treaty, Singh argued that agreements signed decades ago cannot remain unchanged despite evolving realities.

“No technical arrangement can remain frozen in time while the world around it is transformed,” she said.

She added that a treaty negotiated in 1960 should not be viewed as a perpetual entitlement detached from present-day circumstances and accountability.

“It defies logic that a state which exports terror as an instrument of policy continues to demand the privileges of cooperation predicated on goodwill and friendship,” Singh said.

Concluding her remarks, the Indian diplomat urged Pakistan to focus on addressing its internal challenges rather than raising what she described as repetitive allegations against India at international forums.

“Instead of coveting Indian territories, Pakistan would serve itself and its people far better by putting its own house in order,” she said.