India Accuses Pakistan of Losing Control of Terror Groups at UN

India exercised its right of reply at the UN General Assembly's Sixth Committee on Wednesday after Pakistan's deputy permanent representative Usman Jadoon addressed the body. First Secretary Raghoo Puri said Pakistan has long masked its role in creating militant groups that now threaten its own territory.

Puri cited Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, who said last month that the province of 130 million faces threats more from neighbouring provinces than from neighbouring countries. He also referenced a 2018 interview in which her father, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, questioned whether militant groups should be allowed to cross the border and attack Mumbai.

“You cannot run with the hares and hunt with the hounds.”

The Indian diplomat accused Islamabad of doublespeak, noting Pakistan recently announced a reward of 7 million rupees for the capture of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar while previously calling the group defunct. Puri said the world has not forgotten the 9/11 attacks, the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and the April 2025 Pahalgam attack.

Puri warned that Pakistan cannot "run with the hares and hunt with the hounds," arguing that terrorism cannot be defeated by declarations alone but requires action against financiers and sponsors.