India, June 4 -- Former Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who is a part of Islamabad's diplomatic delegation, faced a moment of embarrassment at the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday after he was called out by a journalist for making unsubstantiated claims about the treatment of Muslims in India.

His anti-India rhetoric was swiftly challenged by a foreign journalist when Zardari, while speaking on Kashmir, said, "Muslims were being demonised in India." Bhutto made the remarks during a press conference at the UN headquarters.

The journalist, while thrashing Bhutto's attempt to discredit India, cited his firsthand experience attending India's Operation Sindoor briefing, which was led by a Muslim officer in the Indian...