New Delhi, May 6 -- India's Former Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Syed Akbaruddin, said on Tuesday that Pakistan's effort at grandstanding has "faltered, flopped" as there was no presidential statement, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) President's oral statement or a resolution passed following the closed-door UNSC meeting held after Pakistan had made the request for it on tensions with India.

In an interview with ANI, Akbaruddin noted that Pakistan's quest to use multilateral organisations to attract global attention is not new and recalled attempts made by Islamabad previously. He stated that Pakistan's arguments on the Indus Waters treaty or about an imminent attack received no attention from members during the UN...