India, June 15 -- Pakistan will assume the presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in July, for one month. However, in the run-up to the presidency, there has been much consternation in the Indian media about Pakistan becoming one of the three vice-chairs of UNSC's Committee on Counter-Terrorism (CTC). Algeria will remain the CTC chair till the end of 2025, and Pakistan wants to become the chair in 2026. Even though Pakistan unwisely held up the work of other UNSC Committees for a full five months just to get this express commitment for 2026 - similar to the dispensation India got in 2021 - the P-5 (permanent five members of UNSC) still would not agree to give Pakistan any such commitment.

When India wanted to be the CTC chair durin...