ONCE again, the world saw Pakistan glorifying terrorism when its Prime Minister Mr. Shehbaz Sharif indulged in giving a totally fabricated account of the Pahalgam terror attack and India’s “Operation Sindoor”. It was only natural for India to slam Pakistan left-right-and-centre, which Indian diplomat Ms. Petal Gehlot, First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission at the UN, did in the most befitting manner at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). She rightly described Pakistan PM’s speech as nothing more than “absurd theatrics”. No stronger words could possibly be used within parliamentary parlance, but Pakistan deserves every possible verbal slap for its indulgence in unqualified nonsense. “If destroyed runways and burnt out hangars look like victory, as the Prime Minister claimed, Pakistan is welcome to enjoy it”, the Indian Right To Reply statement said.

 

Each word in India’s statement exposed Pakistan Prime Minister’s falsehood and brought to fore its shamelessness for the world to see. There should be no doubt that everybody at the UNGA -- and also the larger world -- realised Pakistan’s falsehood and propagandism. When the Pahalgam terror attack took place -- killing 26 Indian (Hindu) males, the world felt the tremor of terror. Therefore, when India gave a calibrated and no-nonsense response through “Operation Sindoor”, the world realised the power of truth that left Pakistan’s terror camps demolished and its air-bases totally damaged and its nuclear capability severely restricted. However, Pakistan is not a country that would learn the right lessons from such adverse experiences.

 

It has continued indulging in utter falsehood. Its leadership has been trying to tell the world and its own people that it did not suffer any damage through “Operation Sindoor”. Mr. Shehbaz Sharif’s speech at the UNGA contained all that shameless falsehood -- which India’s Right To Reply exposed. Of course, it is futile to expect Pakistan to become a wise and gentlemanly State. Unwilling to give up its ‘Rogue State’ epithet, Pakistan will sell itself cheaply, no matter the reality on the ground. The world has realised it fully, though some countries like the United States (and China) are still supporting Pakistan in all its dirty deeds. India’s Right To Reply statement exposes those countries, too, though indirectly. It is in this context we recall the strong speech by Israel Prime Minister Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu at the UNGA during which he vowed never to bend before international pressure.

 

He said, in effect, that it should be everybody’s mission to finish terrorism -- not just against the Jews but also against the larger humanity. For the UN’s member-nations, this offers a lesson to effect a course-correction in their thought-process about terrorism as a common enemy that must be defeated with all strength, no matter who is on the other side.