United Nations, Sept 28: India sharply criticized Pakistan on Sunday for responding to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s remarks on terrorism at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), despite not being named, terming Islamabad’s reaction an admission of its “longstanding practice of cross-border terrorism.”

During his UNGA address on Saturday, Jaishankar underscored that “major international terrorist attacks are traced back to that one country,” and referred to a neighbour as the “epicentre of global terrorism.” He stressed that India has faced the challenge of terrorism since its independence.

Although Pakistan was not named, its delegate exercised the Right of Reply, accusing India of attempting to “malign Pakistan” with “malicious accusations.” The delegate described India’s stateme

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