Jaishankar slams Pakistan, says India tracking the treatment of minorities

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday slammed Pakistan and said India follows very closely and tracks the treatment of minorities in Pakistan.

He said India's representative at UNHRC pointed out that Pakistan is a country, where "human rights abuses, persecution of minorities and systematic erosion of democratic values are state policies, which harbours UN sanctioned terrorists". "

During Question Hour in Lok Sabha, responding to a question on 'Crime and atrocities against minorities in Pakistan', Jaishankar made the statements.


"In February (2025), there were 10 cases of atrocities against the Hindu community and three incidents related to the Sikh community. There were two cases pertaining to the Ahmedia community and one pertaining to the Christian community. We take up these cases on an international level."

Earlier, Jaishankar had stressed the importance of having an international order just like a domestic order. He had slammed the United Nations for making the Kashmir invasion a dispute and turning the attacker and victim at par and called for having a "strong and fair" UN.

In his remarks at the Session on 'Thrones and Thorns: Defending the Integrity of Nations' at Raisina Dialogue, Jaishankar had called the occupation of some parts of Kashmir by Pakistan "the longest standing illegal occupation" of territory by another country after the Second World War.

Jaishankar had said, "Let's give you a second example. We all speak of sovereignty and territorial integrity. All of us agree. It's a vital principle. It's a bedrock of global rules. After the Second World War, the longest-standing illegal, I would say presence, occupation of a territory by another country pertains to India, what we saw in Kashmir. Now we went to the UN, what was an invasion was made into a dispute. So the attacker and the victim were put on par. Who were the culpable parties? UK, Canada, Belgium, Australia, USA. So, pardon me, I have some question marks on that one. Now, I can give you many more. We speak today of political interference. When the West goes out into other countries, it's apparently in perseverance of democratic freedoms. When other countries come into the West, it seems to have a very malign intention."