India at UN calls Pakistan a Frankenstein state over terror policy

Unitednations,UPDATED: Jun 19, 2026 13:20 IST

India told the United Nations that Pakistan is "a living example of a Frankenstein state, which is shocked when its own monster bites back", as it accused Islamabad of "hosting, training and deploying" terrorists as state policy. The remarks were made by Anupama Singh, First Secretary at India's Permanent Mission to the UN, on Wednesday after Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation raised Jammu and Kashmir during the Interactive Dialogue on the UN High Commissioner's annual report.

Singh said India was exercising its right of reply and "categorically reject[s] the baseless and malicious allegations made by Pakistan". She also rejected the OIC's references to Jammu and Kashmir, saying, "Jammu and Kashmir was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The only unresolved issue is Pakistan's illegal occupation of Indian territories and their return."

She said Pakistan's sitting Defence Minister "boasts of hosting, training and deploying terrorists as state policy" and added, "This should surprise no one. An illegal and illegitimate occupation can be sustained only through force." Singh also said Pakistan called itself a victim of terrorism despite this, adding, "Indeed, a paradox which only Pakistan could sustain."

Calling Pakistan a "living example of a Frankenstein state", Singh said it was a country "which is shocked when its own monster bites back". She also said that "denial of basic freedoms has brought matters to a point where even demand for bread, electricity, rights, and dignity are met with bullets and brutality."

Singh also described the Indus Water Treaty as "outdated". "Our position on the Indus Water Treaty is well known. It defies logic that a state which exports terror as an instrument of policy continues to demand the privileges of cooperation predicated on goodwill and friendship," she said. The decades-old treaty was suspended after the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025 that killed 26 civilians. Singh said, "It is equally undeniable that the treaty is now outdated. No technical arrangement can remain frozen in time while the world around it is transformed." She added that a treaty negotiated in 1960 cannot be treated as a perpetual entitlement "insulated from accountability, detached from present-day realities and untouched by the profound changes of the past six decades". The Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, has governed the distribution and use of the Indus river and its tributaries between India and Pakistan since 1960.

In her closing remarks, Singh said that "instead of coveting Indian territories, Pakistan would serve itself and its people far better by putting its own house in order", as India reiterated its rejection of Pakistan's allegations, its position on Jammu and Kashmir, and its stand on the Indus Water Treaty.

With PTI Inputs

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