Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday (June 10, 2025) expressed shock over a recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decision to name Pakistan as the vice-chair of its counter-terrorism committee, stating that it raised serious questions on the intentions and policies of the international organisations.
Stating that the same committee had been set up after the 9/11 terror attacks in the U.S., he said Pakistan had sheltered the mastermind of that attack. “Its land has been used as a refuge by global terrorist organisations. There, terrorists like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar roam around openly, and senior officers of Pakistan Army attend the funerals of terrorists. Now, the same country is expected to lead the global community against terrorism. This raises serious questions on the intentions and policies of the international system,” he said at an event in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun, also attended by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
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The Defence Minister called upon the global community/organisations such as United Nations to think on issues like terrorism “more seriously”, noting that the goal of global peace, progress, and prosperity could be achieved only by ending terrorism. He said the common people of Pakistan were of the same view, but the “rulers” there had put that country on the path of destruction, said a government release.
