Pakistan is now ‘terroristan’: India tells UN after Abbasi’s attack

New Delhi, September 22 : Terrorism remained the key theme as India went all guns blazing at Pakistan-sponsored terror at the United Nations General Assembly sessions and sideline meetings on Friday. First up no words were minced as a young diplomat Eanam Gambhir, called Pakistan “terroristan” in India’s right to reply during the General Debate at the 72nd session. “In its short history, Pakistan has become geography synonymous with terror. The quest for a land of the pure has actually produced ‘the land of pure terror’. Pakistan is now terroristan,” she said.
India was replying to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahi Khaqan Abbasi’s speech earlier where he had accused India of terrorism and called for a UN envoy on Kashmir.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj participating in the BRICS ministerial meeting along the sidelines emphasised upon the need for collective efforts to “disrupt terrorist networks, their financing and movement” and early conclusion and adoption of the CCIT (Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism) in the UN. Taking a jibe at the neighbour across the LoC, Sushma said, “Terror groups continue to draw sustenance from support systems, including those based in South Asia. They continue to find support and shelter in countries, which use terrorism as an instrument of state policy. Countering terrorism must not be a matter of political convenience.” The BRICS meet attended by Sushma’s Chinese counterpart Wang Yi among others in its joint release said, “The Ministers reiterated their strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. They urged concerted efforts to counter terrorism on a firm international legal basis, under the UN auspices, and expressed their conviction that a comprehensive approach was necessary to ensure effective fight against terrorism.”