Published on, Aug. 21 -- August 21, 2025 7:47 AM

A Pakistani diplomat Tuesday hit back at India for accusing Pakistan, during a UN Security Council debate on conflict-related sexual violence, of carrying out human rights abuses, calling New Delhi's charges "fallacious.

"These falsehoods are nothing more than an attempt to deflect attention from India's well-documented record of grave violations of international law and international humanitarian law, particularly in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, as well as its systemic persecution, discrimination, and violence against minorities and marginalized communities within India," Sarfraz Gohar, first secretary at the Pakistan Mission, told the 15-member Council.

The Pakistani de...