• Envoy calls India’s democracy claim hollow under RSS-BJP rule.
• Says India funds terror groups like TTP, BLA to destabilise Pakistan.
• Pakistan’s measured response averted escalation after Indian aggression.

Pakistan launched a strong rebuttal against India at the United Nations, exposing what it called New Delhi’s “recycled script of distortions” over Jammu and Kashmir. 

Speaking at the 4th Committee Meeting on the Decolonisation Items, Asif Khan, a diplomat from Pakistan’s Permanent Mission to the UN, said India’s attempts to mislead the world on the status of the disputed territory had failed to conceal the reality of its occupation and abuses.

“I am compelled to take the floor to respond to the disinformation-laden remarks of the representative of India. Each year, India comes to this august forum with a recycled script of distortions. Today is no different,” Khan said, opening his statement.

He asserted that “the United Nations has not only the right, but the obligation to discuss the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,” adding that the territory “has never been an integral part of India” and remains “an internationally recognised disputed territory whose final status is to be determined through a free and impartial plebiscite under the auspices of the United Nations.”

Khan reminded the forum that “India itself had brought the matter to the Council, yet now refuses to honour its solemn commitments under international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”

Referring to the 1960 Declaration, he said it “decrees that ‘all peoples’ under alien subjugation have the right to self-determination” — a right also embedded in the UN Charter and key international covenants.

Highlighting the scale of Indian militarisation in the region, he said, “In occupied Jammu and Kashmir, India maintains one of the densest military occupations in the world, deploying nearly 900,000 troops against an unarmed civilian population.”

He accused India of “branding the just struggle of the people of Jammu & Kashmir as terrorism” while refusing to “introspect to find the real reasons behind the mass resistance in the occupied territory.”

“India’s backtracking from its obligations under the UNSC resolutions, its intransigence in denying the Kashmiri people their fundamental rights, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, mass incarcerations, sexual violence, and demographic engineering are the real reasons for the indigenous freedom movement,” he said. 

“Since August 2019, India has accelerated its settler-colonial project in flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.”

Khan also charged that India “seeks to deflect attention from its own notorious conduct, rogue behaviour and perpetration of terrorism,” calling it “the principal sponsor of state terrorism in the region with a dubious distinction of extraterritorial assassinations.” 

He accused India of financing and directing “terrorist proxies such as TTP, BLA, and the Majeed Brigade, whose attacks have killed thousands of innocent civilians in Pakistan.”

He described India’s claim to be the world’s largest democracy as “hollow,” saying it had become “the world’s largest producer of disinformation and intolerance.” 

He said the ruling RSS-BJP ideology had “institutionalised Islamophobia and turned persecution of minorities into state policy,” adding that “numerous international human rights organisations continue to document India’s systematic abuses.”

Warning of the dangers to peace, Khan said India’s “reckless behaviour has endangered regional security,” referring to “unprovoked aggression against Pakistan earlier this year targeting civilians, including women and children.”

“Pakistan exercised its inherent right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter, responding in a measured manner aimed solely at military targets,” he noted, adding that “India suffered significant losses, including multiple aircraft downed.”

He concluded that “India’s denials and distortions cannot erase the simple truth: Jammu and Kashmir remains a disputed territory.”

“The people of Kashmir have waited for over seven decades to exercise their UN-mandated right to self-determination,” Khan said. “Pakistan will continue to expose India’s hypocrisy, oppose its state terrorism, and support the Kashmiri people’s just and legitimate struggle for justice, dignity, and freedom.”

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are reportedly hoping to start a family soon after their “dreamy” wedding.

The Calm Down singer and the music producer, who tied the knot on 27 September, are really looking forward to have kids, via Radaronline.com.

“Selena’s whole wedding weekend was so beautiful,” an insider told a media outlet. “She cried tears of joy and couldn’t stop saying how blessed she felt.”

The source went on to say, “She’s so excited to be Benny’s wife. She’s trying not to get too far ahead of herself.”

Gomez “definitely wants to take some time to enjoy being a newlywed,” the tipster claimed, and starting a family is “something she talks about a lot.”

“They both can’t wait to be parents,” the bird chirped.

In fact, the actress and singer has been vocal about having kids via adoption or surrogacy, while addressing the possibility that she might not be able to carry a baby due to health problems.

“I find it a blessing there are wonderful people willing to do surrogacy or adoption, which are both huge possibilities for me,” she said in a previous chat withVanity Fair.

As Gomez feels she is “the luckiest woman” after marrying Blanco, another source added, “There will always be challenges, but having the right partner to face those tough times with means everything. She’s living proof you can go through heartbreak and still find your soulmate.”

Brittany Cartwright and her new boyfriend, Brandon Hanson, have parted ways two months after their romance went public.

In a recent chat on her podcast, When Reality Hits with Brittany Cartwright, the 36-year-old star announced she is “single” again.

“We actually did not last,” Cartwright revealed on the October 10 episode of her show. “It was kind of like a whirlwind relationship. It went into the public way sooner than we ever would have wanted it to.”

She went on to explain, “It ended amicably, but I just could not do the long distance and he’s got a lot of obligations with his three kids and jobs, and we lived three hours away, so it was just too tough to keep it going. We really cared about each other. Hopefully, we can remain friends, but it’s just something I didn’t see that was going to be able to continue in the future.”

The Valley star noted, “We still care a lot about each other.”

Cartwright also addressed the speculations that Hanson paid for her recent mommy makeover, revealing the rumor is not true.

“Your girl is single and definitely nobody paid for my surgery but me,” she shared, adding, “I’m a boss baby, boss bitch, I got this. All by myself and I’m happy, actually.”