Responding to Pakistan’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India accused Islamabad of sponsoring terrorism, highlighted unrest in PoK
India delivered a blistering response to Pakistan at the United Nations, describing its neighbour as a “Frankenstein state” that is shocked when the very forces it nurtured turn against it.
Exercising India’s right of reply during the Interactive Dialogue on the UN High Commissioner’s annual report, First Secretary Anupama Singh strongly rejected Pakistan’s references to Jammu and Kashmir and accused Islamabad of pursuing terrorism as an instrument of state policy.
Jammu and Kashmir is, was and will remain part of India
Responding to Pakistan’s remarks, Singh reiterated India’s long-standing position on Jammu and Kashmir.
“For the record, Jammu and Kashmir was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The only unresolved issue is Pakistan’s illegal occupation of Indian territories and their return,” she said.
#WATCH | First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Anupama Singh says, “Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The only unresolved issue is Pakistan’s illegal occupation of Indian territories and… pic.twitter.com/Kjr0mq1STZ
— ANI (@ANI) June 18, 2026
The Indian diplomat asserted that Pakistan’s continued attempts to raise the issue at international forums could not alter the reality on the ground.
India highlights unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Singh also drew attention to recent unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in Rawalakot, where violent clashes left multiple people dead and hundreds injured.
She said the turmoil reflected decades of repression, military control and denial of basic freedoms.
“Demands for bread, electricity, rights and dignity are being met with bullets and brutality,” Singh said, arguing that an “illegal and illegitimate occupation” can only be sustained through force.
‘Pakistan hosts, trains and deploys terrorists’
In one of the sharpest remarks of her intervention, Singh accused Pakistan of openly supporting terrorism.
She noted that even Pakistan’s own leaders had acknowledged links with terror groups and questioned Islamabad’s repeated attempts to portray itself as a victim.
“Pakistan is a country whose sitting defence minister boasts of hosting, training and deploying terrorists as state policy,” she said.
“It is a living example of a Frankenstein state which is shocked when its own monster bites back.”
#WATCH | First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Anupama Singh says, “This is the country where the sitting Defense Minister boast of hosting, training and deploying terrorist estate policy and yet Pakistan calls itself a victim of terrorism,… pic.twitter.com/OrKNKUITev
— ANI (@ANI) June 18, 2026
India questions Pakistan’s stance on Indus Waters Treaty
The Indian envoy also addressed the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi suspended following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.
Singh argued that Pakistan cannot expect the benefits of cooperation while continuing to support cross-border terrorism.
She further said that the treaty, negotiated in 1960, cannot remain frozen in time despite dramatic geopolitical, environmental and technological changes over the past six decades.
“A treaty negotiated in 1960 cannot be treated as a perpetual entitlement,” she said, stressing the need to recognise present-day realities.
Strong diplomatic message
India’s intervention reflected New Delhi’s increasingly assertive diplomatic posture on issues relating to terrorism, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and cross-border security.
The remarks also underscored India’s position that meaningful cooperation requires mutual trust and that terrorism and dialogue cannot coexist.
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