Pakistan is 'the land of pure terror': Full text of India's reply at UN

India slammed Pakistan for its support to terrorism and labelled it as 'Terroristan'

India called out Pakistan for its support for cross-border terrorism, labelling it as "Terroristan", while it exercised its right of reply in the general debate at the ongoing UN General Assembly Session in New York. 

"In its short history, Pakistan has become a geography synonymous with terror," Eenam Gambhir, First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN, said on Thursday in response to Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Abbasi's statement that "the struggle" of the people in Kashmir was being "brutally suppressed by India".

"The quest for land of pure has actually produced a 'land of pure terror'," Gambhir said.

Here is the full text of India's reply at the UN

India's Right of Reply

during the General Debate of the 72nd session of the 

United Nations General Assembly

21 September 2017

Mr. President,

I take the floor to exercise the right of reply in response to Pakistan's defense of terrorism. It is extraordinary that the state which protected Osama Bin 

Laden and sheltered Mullah Omar should have the gumption to play the victim. 

By now, all Pakistan's neighbours are painfully familiar with these tactics to create a narrative based on distortions, deception and deceit. This august Assembly and the world beyond know that efforts at creating alternative facts do not change reality.

Mr. President, 

In its short history, Pakistan has become a geography synonymous with terror. The quest for a land of pure has actually produced "the land of pure terror". Pakistan is now "Terroristan', with a flourishing industry producing and exporting global terrorism. 

Its current state can be gauged from the fact that Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, a leader of the UN designated terrorist organization Lashkar-i-Taiba, is now sought to be legitimized as a leader of a political party. 

This is a country whose counter terrorism policy is to mainstream and upstream terrorists by either providing safe havens to global terror leaders in its military town, or protecting them with political careers.

None of this can justify Pakistan's avaricious efforts to covet the territories of its neighbours. In so far as India is concerned, Pakistan must understand that the State of Jammu and Kashmir is and will always remain an integral part of India. However much it scales up cross-border terrorism, it will never succeed in undermining India's territorial integrity.

Mr. President,

We also heard Pakistan complain about the consequences of its supposed counter terrorism efforts.

Having diverted billions of dollars in international military and development aid towards creating a dangerous infrastructure of terror on its own territory, Pakistan is now speaking of the high cost of its terror industry. The polluter, in this case, is paying the price. 

Mr. President, 

Even as terrorists thrive in Pakistan and roam its streets with impunity, we have heard it lecture about the protection of human rights in India. The world does not need lessons on democracy and human rights from a country whose own situation is charitably described as a failed state. 

Mr. President,

Terroristan is in fact a territory whose contribution to the globalisation of terror is unparalleled. 

Pakistan can only be counseled to abandon a destructive worldview that has caused grief to the entire world. If it could be persuaded to demonstrate any commitment to civilization, order, and to peace, it may still find some acceptance in the comity of nations.