Pak facing karma: Jaishankar warns of terror consequences
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday warned Pakistan that its actions will "certainly have consequences", stressing that it is "karma" that the country's ills are now consuming its own society.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Jaishankar said Pakistan's misdeeds affected others as well, especially the neighbourhood.
He said: “Pakistan's polity instils such fanaticism among its people, that its GDP can only be measured in terms of radicalisation and its exports in the form of terrorism.”
"Today, the ills Pakistan sought to visit on others, are consuming its own society," said the minister, adding that it could not blame the world, this was only "karma".
Terming Pakistan a ‘dysfunctional nation’ coveting the lands of others, the EAM said: “It must be exposed and must be countered.”
“Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism policy will never succeed. And it can have no expectation of impunity. On the contrary, actions will certainly have consequences.” The only issue to be resolved between India and Pakistan was the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory, said Jaishankar. On the role of the UN and its future, Jaishankar said sustainable development could not be delivered by the organisation when faced with division, conflict, terrorism and violence.
Problems arise from a combination of structural shortcomings, political calculations and naked self-interest, he said, adding that the UN must now seriously reform itself.
"The world cannot be fatalistic about the continuation of violence on a large scale, whether it is the war in Ukraine or the conflict in Gaza, the international community seeks urgent solutions," Jaishankar said.
Without naming China, the minister said: “When markets are captured without restraint, it damages the livelihood and social fabric of others.” Raising the issue of terrorism, he said it was antithetical of everything that the world stood for. "All its forms and manifestations must be resolutely opposed. The sanctioning of global terrorists by the UN should also not be impeded for political reasons," Jaishankar said.
