India mother of terrorism in South Asia: Maliha Lodhi

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan's Permanent representative to the United Nations Dr Maliha Lodhi said that India is the mother of terrorism in Asia. 

She was addressing at the 72nd session of the General Assembly in the United Nations (UN) on Saturday.

DrMalihaLodhi asked the world community to stop India from violating the ceasefire in the region.

She categorically rejected India's sweeping allegations about Pakistan's involvement in terrorist acts, and cited instances of the Indian sponsorship of terrorism and aggression against all its neighbours making the country the "mother of terrorism" in South Asia.

"India has considerable experience in the state sponsorship of terrorism in our region," Ambassador MaleehaLodhi, Pakistani permanent representative to the UN, told the UN General Assembly on Saturday evening, while responding to the Indian External Affairs Minister SushmaSwaraj speech in which she called Pakistan "the pre-eminent export factory for terror".

In a hard-hitting statement made in exercise of her right of reply, the Pakistani envoy denounced Ms. Swaraj's statement earlier in the day as an "orgy of slander" against her country.

"Her comments towards my country betray the hostility that the Indian leadership has towards Pakistan - hostility we have endured for 70 years."

Jammu and Kashmir was not a part of India, but a disputed territory, and the Indian occupation was illegal, she told the 193-member Assembly.

She called for the implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions and for a Special UN Envoy to be appointed to ensure India's adherence to its legal obligations.--Agencies