India's Permanent Mission to UN completely rejected the baseless allegations made by Pak
Innocent Indian women have suffered for long due to the persistent terrorist acts perpetrated by "proxies of Pakistan", India has said as it strongly rejecting references by Islamabad to conditions of women in Jammu and Kashmir.
Counsellor Mayank Joshi in India's Permanent Mission to the UN "completely" rejected the "baseless allegations" made by Pakistan about women in Jammu and Kashmir, saying "in fact" it is the innocent Indian women who have for "long suffered due to the persistent terrorist acts perpetrated by proxies of Pakistan."
Mr Joshi exercised India's Right of Reply after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Special Envoy on Kashmir Shezra Mansab Ali Khan referred to the conditions of women in Jammu and Kashmir during an October 11 session on Advancement of Women in the General Assembly's Third Committee, which focuses on social and humanitarian issues.
Ms Khan said that armed conflict accentuates the plight of women.
Speaking about Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan's envoy alleged that "thousands of women have fallen victims to brutal oppression".
Mr Joshi said it is "ironical" that a country that has "institutionalised the oppression" of women in its society, including through "medieval draconian laws is making claims about the rights of women in a pluralistic democracy such as India."
He said Pakistan will be well served to "seriously examine" what ails its women and hampers their advancement.
Mr Joshi asserted that India will not respond to the "lies and deceit" Pakistan has been resorting to at the world body to pursue a diplomacy of "hate".
"We are aware of Pakistan s cynical attempts to pursue diplomacy of hate through lies and deceit. We do not intend to further respond to such misguided and futile efforts," he said.