{"id":127100,"date":"2026-06-06T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=127100"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:42:21","slug":"occupied-kashmir-will-never-be-integral-part-of-india-islamabad-slams-new-delhi-for-misleading-unsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/127100\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupied Kashmir will never be ‘integral part of India’: Islamabad slams New Delhi for ‘misleading’ UNSC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Web desk(National Times)- Pakistan and India\u00a0again<\/a>\u00a0traded barbs at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) \u2014 this time on occupied Kashmir \u2014 with Islamabad slamming the other side for \u201cmisleading\u201d the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking during the presentation of the UNSC\u2019s Annual Report to the General Assembly on Friday, Pakistan\u2019s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad called for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute, according to a press release<\/a>. Pakistan coordinated and drafted the introduction to the annual report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsequently, in his statement<\/a>, India\u2019s UN envoy, Harish Parvathaneni, accused Pakistan of misusing the UN platforms for its so-called \u201cdivisive political interests\u201d. He also asserted that the occupied region of Jammu and Kashmir \u201cwas, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In turn, Political Coordinator at the Pakistan Mission Gul Qaiser Sarwani, utilising the right of reply, pointed out that Jammu and Kashmir \u201cremains an internationally recognised dispute on the agenda of the Security Council\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo amount of obfuscation can alter the historical, legal and international character of this dispute. Jammu and Kashmir never was, neither is, and nor will ever be so-called an integral part of India,\u201d the official declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would advise the Indian representative to carefully read the report, rather than denying facts, deflecting attention and misleading the august Assembly,\u201d Sarwani said, highlighting facts stated in the Annual Report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He continued: \u201cNearly eight decades after the Council\u2019s resolutions, calling for a UN-supervised plebiscite, the Kashmiri people continue to be denied their inalienable right to self-determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMeanwhile, arbitrary detentions, restrictions on fundamental freedoms, demographic engineering and other human rights violations continue in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The gravity of the situation was reflected in the Joint Communication<\/a> issued by United Nations Special Procedures on 16 October 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarwani emphasised that \u201cby refusing to implement Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir, India continues to disregard its obligations under the UN Charter, including Article 25, which requires member states to accept and carry out\u201d the UNSC\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then went on to shed light on New Delhi\u2019s \u201ctroubling record: sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan, perpetrating state terrorism in the IIOJK, conducting state-backed assassination campaigns in foreign countries, stoking violence against minorities, support for destabilising activities in the region and disregard for international law, including its unlawful attempt to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Continued relevance of Kashmir, Palestine issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In his remarks, Ambassador Ahmad said the UNSC\u2019s Annual Report for 2025 highlighted the continued relevance of long-standing disputes on the council\u2019s agenda, including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute and the Question of Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPakistan believes that durable peace in South Asia requires a just settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people, who must be allowed to exercise their right to self-determination promised to them by the Security Council and the international community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmad highlighted that more than 20 communications concerning the India-Pakistan Question were brought to the attention of the UNSC during the reporting period, adding that the council also held closed consultations under this agenda item in May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This, he said, underscores that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which has remained on the UNSC\u2019s agenda for more than seven decades, continues to engage its attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ambassador Ahmad also raised the Palestine question, calling for the implementation of the UNSC\u2019s Resolution 2083, which was adopted<\/a> in November 2025 and endorsed US President Donald Trump\u2019s peace plan<\/u><\/a> for Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that the continuing tragedy in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in Gaza, remained high on the UNSC\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referring to the unanimous adoption of Pakistan-sponsored Resolution 2788<\/a> in July 2025, Ambassador Ahmad said that it reflected a shared commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes and the fuller utilisation of the UN Charter\u2019s mechanisms for conflict prevention and resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The envoy noted that Pakistan coordinated and drafted the introduction to the UNSC\u2019s 2025 Annual Report in its capacity as the Council President<\/a> in July 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a penholder, Pakistan\u2019s objective was to make the report comprehensive, objective, analytical, and consensus-based, while recognising that further improvements remain possible,\u201d the press release noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underscoring the importance of a more democratic and accountable multilateral system in light of current global challenges, the envoy expressed Pakistan\u2019s concern<\/a> over the use of veto among the member states and called for reforms within the UNSC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmad opposed the expansion of permanent seats and veto powers, arguing that such measures would undermine the objectives of reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to comprehensive UNSC reform that serves the interests of the wider UN membership, encapsulated in its position: \u201cReform for all, privilege for none.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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