New York, Sept. 26 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday claimed that India sought "political gains" post Pahalgam attack, keeping mum on Islamabad's own funding and promotion of counter-border terrorism.

During his address at the UN General Debate, the Pakistan PM alleged that India attacked Pakistan's "innocent civilians", prompting their armed forces to respond in self-defence.

"In May this year, my country confronted unprovoked aggression from our eastern front. The enemy came shrouded in arrogance, and we sent them back in humiliation. India sought to extract political gains from a human tragedy by spurning my sincere offer of an independent investigation into the Pahalgam incident. Instead, it attacked our cities and...