'Deeply Ironic' Pakistan Lectures Others While Persecuting Minorities On Its Own Soil: India At UNHRC

India strongly criticised Pakistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, accusing it of hypocrisy on human rights, reported Hindustan Times.

Speaking at the 34th Meeting of the 60th Session on Wednesday (1 October), Indian diplomat Mohammed Hussain asked Pakistan to address its own persecution of minorities.

“India finds it deeply ironic that a country like Pakistan seeks to lecture others on human rights. Instead of spreading propaganda, Pakistan should confront the persecution of minorities on their own soil,” Hussain said.

India’s statement came just days after at least 24 civilians, including women and children, died in an explosion in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Police said explosive materials stored at a Pakistani Taliban compound triggered the blast.

Locals, however, alleged PAF air strikes caused the destruction in Tirah Valley’s Matur Dara area, which also killed 14 militants.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf provincial branch claimed “jet bombing” destroyed five houses.

Protests erupted in the region as residents accused authorities of failing to protect civilians. Mohammad Iqbal Khan Afridi, a National Assembly member from Khyber, expressed grief, saying women and children died in “shelling by jets.”

International speakers at the UNHRC also highlighted Pakistan’s human rights record.

Researcher Josh Bowes noted Pakistan ranks 158th on the World Press Freedom Index.

He cited the 2025 USCIRF report stating over 700 individuals remain jailed on blasphemy charges, marking a 300 per cent rise from last year.

Bowes also pointed to reports of 785 enforced disappearances and 121 killings in Balochistan during the first half of 2025, along with 4,000 missing Pashtuns.

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