New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- India has slammed Pakistan at the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva for its "hypocrisy" on human rights as it highlighted the persecution of minorities within Pakistan. India was represented by diplomat Mohammed Hussain.

In his statement at the UNHRC, Mohammed Hussain called it "deeply ironic" that a country with one of the poorest human rights records was trying to lecture others. "They misuse this forum with fabricated allegations against India, which only expose their hypocrisy," he said.

Hussain further stated that, rather than spreading propaganda, Pakistan should address its "state-sponsored persecution and systematic discrimination" of its religious and ethnic minoritie...