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May 10, 2026
India strongly criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s remarks at the United Nations, calling them “absurd theatrics” and accusing Islamabad of once again glorifying terrorism. Exercising its right of reply, First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Petal Gahlot, reminded the world that Pakistan has a long record of exporting terror, shielding groups like the Resistance Front from accountability, and even harbouring Osama bin Laden for a decade while claiming to fight terrorism.
Gahlot said, Mr President, this assembly witnessed absurd theatrics in the morning from the Prime Minister of Pakistan, who once again glorified terrorism that is so central to their foreign policy. However, no degree of drama and no level of lies can conceal the facts.”
She reminded the forum that on April 25, 2025, at the UN Security Council, Pakistan shielded the Resistance Front—a Pakistan-backed terror group—from accountability for the massacre of tourists in Jammu and Kashmir. Gahlot underscored that Pakistan has long been engaged in sponsoring and exporting terrorism, pointing out its history of sheltering Osama bin Laden while pretending to be a partner in the war on terror. “Mr President, a country long steeped in the tradition of deploying and exporting terrorism has no shame in advancing the most ludicrous narratives to that end. Let us recall that it sheltered Osama bin Laden for a decade, even while pretending to partner in the war against terrorism, its ministers have just recently acknowledged that they have been operating terrorist camps for decades. It should come as no surprise that once again this duplicity continues, this time at the level of its Prime Minister,” she added‡
