India has strongly rebuked Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), accusing him of glorifying terrorism and peddling lies about India.
Exercising India’s right of reply, Petal Gahlot, First Secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, delivered a sharp rebuttal late Friday.
“This assembly witnessed absurd theatrics from the Prime Minister of Pakistan, who once again glorified terrorism that is so central to their foreign policy. No degree of drama and no level of lies can conceal the facts,” she said.
Sharif, in his UNGA address, referenced Operation Sindoor — the four-day conflict in May 2025 — claiming that “seven Indian jets” were damaged. Gahlot dismissed this as a “bizarre account,” pointing out that by May 10, Pakis