New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- India has criticised Pakistan's response to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's remarks at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), describing Islamabad's reaction as an implicit admission of its "longstanding practice of cross-border terrorism".

During his address at the UNGA General Debate on Saturday, Jaishankar, without naming Pakistan, stated: "Major international terrorist attacks are traced back to that one country."

Referring to a "neighbour that is an epicentre of global terrorism", Jaishankar emphasised that India has faced the challenge of terrorism since Independence.

Later in the evening, Pakistan used its Right of Reply to accuse India of attempting to "malign Pakistan" with "malicious accusations" rega...